"Little Super Devil", a painting by Frank Zappa, offered
for sale on ebay.
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frank zappa - oddities
"Little Super Devil", a painting by Frank Zappa, offered
for sale on ebay.
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"Horny", a painting by Frank Zappa
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| "THE FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE", a
painting by Frank Zappa
the work is signed by Frank Zappa -on the lower right part of the painting. When sold on ebay, a letter of the original owner came with the painting saying: "He called me his little super devil"--from the time when both of them went to Community College -- |
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a pen / ink / collage drawing by Frank Zappa
from the ebay sale: This is an original pen/ink/collage drawing done by the pop-musical icon Frank Zappa when he was a senior at Antelope Valley High school in Lancaster, S.Calif. 1957-58. It is signed and dated by Zappa on back of poster board. My father, Howard H. Most was teaching art at that high school during that time.He had Frank Zappa in one of his classes during his senior year there. This drawing/collage was a gift from Zappa to my father. It has come to me through my fathers estate/collection. Dimensions are 16"x22". Over all condition is good. Slight water stain in lower left corner, which matting/framing would cover.The piece is unframed. Very rare early Zappa visual art work ! He , of course, was not a famous pop-music-cultural icon yet ! |
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| sold on ebay, jan 2010 "The art work was given to a lady I became friends with when I lived in Beverly Hills in the 80's [...]. She personally knew Frank when they were in community college and had parties on the beach together. [...] Water color with other mixed medium used -- i.e., colored crayons/pencils." |
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| posted on Zappateers: "I came across the painting listed on the online auction site, webstore. The seller included two letters that were written by the previous owners about how they came to own the painting. The earliest letter is dated 1973 and was written by a woman who claims it was painted for her when she and FZ were friends at Community College in 1963 (Suzane R.). It also mentions that Zappa called her his little devil. I’m not sure if it’s a good thing or a bad thing that this description and “little devil” line are very similar to the info included about the watercolors on the United Mutations website. The second letter came from a woman named Norma B., stating that she (Norma) was given the painting by her friend Suzane R, whom she befriended while working at Fred Heymans in Beverly Hills. This letter is typed on a page that also includes the xeroxed image (in color) of two envelopes from Fred Heymans postmarked 1988." |
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| info from the "Antiques Roadshow", 1999
GUEST:
I got it from Frank Zappa and his family. They were moving and they were
going to just get rid of it, and I said, "May I have it?" APPRAISER:
It's a beautiful piece of strange art. And you said when we talked
earlier that you had double-dated with Frank. GUEST:
A few. APPRAISER:
A few dates? GUEST:
Yes, yes. APPRAISER:
So you got to know him a little bit. GUEST:
Yes, I did. APPRAISER:
When did you say this was...? GUEST:
He painted this when he was in junior college. |
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| This Zappa painting was up for auction at ??? as lot 924: "FZ Original Painting", dated 1959. |
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| This Zappa painting was up for auction at ??? as lot 925: "FZ Original Painting", dated 1961. |
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| Purchased at a yard sale in the Carolinas, this might be
another Zappa painting. Zappa did play the drums before he switched to guitar. Also, the work of art was framed at a "Denny's Print Shop" in Santa Paula, California. |
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Up for auction at Julien's Auctions "Icons & Idols: Rock n' Roll 2016 Featuring Property From The Estate of Frank & Gail Zappa", November 4, 2016.
A piece of artwork on which Frank Zappa has written the title "Big Ladies." It is unclear if the graphite on onion skin drawing was created by Zappa. Approximately, 20 by 16 inches
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Up for auction at Julien's Auctions "Icons & Idols: Rock n' Roll 2016 Featuring Property From The Estate of Frank & Gail Zappa", November 4, 2016.
A print of a Frank Zappa and Cal Schenkel cartoon titled "The Curtain Comes Up." Undated. Housed in a frame. 18 3/4 by 12 1/2 inches
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Up for auction at Julien's Auctions "Icons & Idols: Rock n' Roll 2016 Featuring Property From The Estate of Frank & Gail Zappa", November 4, 2016.
A paint and drawing medium on green paper artwork by Frank Zappa showing a wicked witch talking to a woman and the words “...Snow white? Oh she lives with a bunch of midgets in El Monte...” Reportedly created in 1963, around the same time Frank Zappa wrote the song “Memories of El Monte” for The Penguins. 9 1/4 by 8 inches
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Up for auction at Julien's Auctions "Icons & Idols: Rock n' Roll 2016 Featuring Property From The Estate of Frank & Gail Zappa", November 4, 2016.
A Frank Zappa original painting of a rocket ship launch, watercolor and acrylic on grey paper. 11 1/2 by 9 3/4 inches
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Up for auction at Julien's Auctions "Icons & Idols: Rock n' Roll 2016 Featuring Property From The Estate of Frank & Gail Zappa", November 4, 2016.
A Frank Zappa original drawing, black ink on paper. The image is of a house on a turtle's shell. 9 by 7 inches
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Up for auction at Julien's Auctions "Icons & Idols: Rock n' Roll 2016 Featuring Property From The Estate of Frank & Gail Zappa", November 4, 2016.
A Frank Zappa painting in the style of an animation cel, gouache on acetate with painted background. The image shows a rocket launching with the words "Whoosh" and "Pow." Housed in a paper frame. 9 1/2 by 7 inches, overall
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Up for auction at Julien's Auctions "Icons & Idols: Rock n' Roll 2016 Featuring Property From The Estate of Frank & Gail Zappa", November 4, 2016.
A painting by Frank Zappa that may have been a set design for the unproduced film CaptainBeefheart vs . The Grunt People . Paint and other medium on board, housed in an acrylic frame. 21 by 30 inches
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Up for auction at Julien's Auctions "Icons & Idols: Rock n' Roll 2016 Featuring Property From The Estate of Frank & Gail Zappa", November 4, 2016.
An ink and pastel on board original artwork by Frank Zappa. 7 1/4 by 10 inches
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Up for auction at Julien's Auctions "Icons & Idols: Rock n' Roll 2016 Featuring Property From The Estate of Frank & Gail Zappa", November 4, 2016.
A Frank Zappa original drawing of an elephant with the words "I Forgot" and signed "Zappa" in the lower right. Accompanied by a piece of paper handwritten on which Zappa has written "Money is only worth as much to you as the things you buy with it." Drawing, 9 1/2 by 7 inches
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Up for auction at Julien's Auctions "Icons & Idols: Rock n' Roll 2016 Featuring Property From The Estate of Frank & Gail Zappa", November 4, 2016.
An ink and paint on board original artwork by Frank Zappa, signed in lower right corner "FVZ - 60." 6 by 19 1/2 inches
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Up for auction at Julien's Auctions "Icons & Idols: Rock n' Roll 2016 Featuring Property From The Estate of Frank & Gail Zappa", November 4, 2016.
A drawing by Frank and Gail Zappa created with crayon, ink, and applied images on paper. At the top it is dated "FZ 28 MAR 70" and at the bottom "GZ - 3 OCT 71." 13 by 8 1/2 inches
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| The below pictures shows the first
page of a Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention contract signed by
the entire lineup of the 9 man Mothers.
It's a 7 page agreement for the Mothers' appearance on the Steve Allen Show (where Zappa previously appeared, a few years earlier, playing a bicycle !) Signers of this contract are Frank Zappa, Ian Underwood, Roy Estrada, Bunk Gardner, Jimmy Carl Black, Ray Collins, Don Preston, Euclid James (Motorhead) Sherwood, and Artie Tripp. This came from the archives of original Mothers manager Herb Cohen, and was offered for sale on ebay. |
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| Here's the inside cover of a Spider Man comic book from 1968. An ad for the Mothers' "We're Only In It For The Money. |
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| frank zappa plectrum set |  |
| (fake) postage stamp from tuva, issued in 2000 |
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| (fake) postage stamps from udmurtia, issued in 2002 |
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| the udmurtia postage stamps have been 'issued' as First Day Covers as well. | |
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"Les Musiciens Du Rock" postage stamps issued by the Republique
Democratique Du Congo
Issued in 2006. |
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The t-shirt on the right was issued by the Czech Frank Zappa Fanclub in
2001.
The below t-shirt "20 Years Of Czech Frank Zappa Fanclub" got issued in 2004. |
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The yellow t-shirt that is pictured above, got issued by the Czech Frank
Zappa Fanclub in 2005. It's available in yellow with blue lettering, and
in blue with yellow lettering.
Both the t-shirts on the right got issued in 2006: "Communism does not work" and "Don't forget to register to vote". |
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| The "Communism does not work" t-shirt has also been made available as a special package: the t-shirt plus a double DVD-set: "The Mother of Invention meets The Velvet Revolution". | |
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The above t-shirt displays "Grow Fins: Rarities 1965 - 82", mentioning the Czech Fanclub release of the famous Beefheart Box. The t-shirt on the right, "Record Our Band" is a special release: it comes with a CD recording of the 1980 Rotterdam concert. |
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The mugs on the right were also produced by the Czech Frank Zappa Fanclub. |
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The picture on the right shows a Japanese promotional Frank Zappa music box. The
little machine actually plays the Zappa tune 'Peaches En Regalia'. It got re-issued with a CD and in a different package in 2012.
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| This postage stamp got issued by the Russian Republic of Tatarstan in 2002. They've got good taste over there... |
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| The famous Titties 'n' Beer t-shirt. |
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| The Czech Frank Zappa FanClub issued these hats and caps in 2007. |
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| "Freak Out Ale"
by the Lagunitas Brewing Company brought on the market 40 years after the release of the album. |
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| The mugs below were produced by the Czech
Frank Zappa Fanclub in preparation of the visit to Zappanale 2008. These, and other mugs, are available from the CFZFanclub. |
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| The piece of art on the right was made by Bohouš,
the president of the Czech Frank Zappa FanClub.
The guitar / gun has the lyrics of Frank Zappa's 'My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama' written all over it. |
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| PHOTOFUN (sent in by Bohouš and Zbyněk Štěpánek) | |
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ZAPPA PICTURED ON THE COVER OF THE PICTURE SLEEVE OF A
7" SINGLE
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| In Hlubocky, a little village in the Czech Republic near Moravian city Olomouc, there's a place called "Zappuv Kopec" (Zappa´s Hill). |
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| "Via Frank Zappa" in Agropoli, Italy |
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| In 2009 the Czech Frank Zappa Fan Club issued a sticker that said "Zappista Na Palube", which means "Zappista On Board". |
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| In 2009 the Czech Frank Zappa Fan Club made t-shirts with
the drawing on the right.
The drawing dates from 1969 and is by comic book artist Kaja Saudek! Click on the picture for a bigger version of the drawing. |
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| In 2002, a TV movie was made about the censhorship on
music that emerged from the PMRC / Washington Wives. Entitled "Warning: Parental Advisory" this VH1 TV Movie had Griffin Dunne as Frank Zappa. |
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| January 2010, the Czech Frank Zappa Fan Club issued a t-shirt to celebrate the 20th anniversary of FZ's first visit to the Czech Republic, January 1990. |
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| On the right and below are pictures of the t-shirts that the Czech Frank Zappa Fanclub is issuing in 2011. |
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| Here's a nice picture of Petr Macura, who
lives in his Frank Zappa Street in Hranice in the Czech Republic. Also notice the yellow on black "Czech Village Of The Sun" sign in the background. |
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| Here's another picture that the Czech Frank Zappa Fan Club used for their t-shirt series. | |
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| More goodies from the Czech Frank Zappa Fan Club | |
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| frank zappa: peaches
en regalia music box (2012, music box + cd, japan, msi msiog 02) - including 5 music box versions of 'peaches en regalia' |
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| Here are two pictures that were taken at the Wax Figure Museum at the Tokyo Tower in Japan, showing Frank Zappa and Don Preston. | |
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| Wall clocks by Slavka Prevendarcikova (Bratislava -Slovakia) | |||
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2013 09 17 - 2013 09 17 "Zappa Fenomen" České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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| The "Zappa Fenomen" t-shirt. |
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| The Frank Zappa Million Dollar Bill |
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| Frank Zappa Guitar Picks, 2011, by Dunlop | ||
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| "Boulevard der Stars", Potsdamer Platz, Berlin,
Germany
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-- additional info:
brainpang
bohous
akira murakami
mick zeuner
