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Permalink Reply by J.Seah 21 hours ago

Most of Kurt Cobain’s artworks are with his estate. Have only seen one artwork  signed by Kurt Cobain from Feb 1992 in private collection. It was sold a few years ago at auction for $250k. 

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Permalink Reply by Guitar John 21 hours ago

That sketch and misspelling of Kurt Cobain's name was created as a piece of art drawn at the MTV acoustic performance that was a colossal hit. That's why it sold for so much. It was a special event and it was documented as being drawn on that occasion.

My picture came from around the same time or earlier and was done rather sloppy and was thrown away and taken out of the trash by the music promoter kept it for several decades before getting rid of his stuff. There is a famous yellow background picture of a character similar to this in Kurt Cobain's art work and this looks derivative of that. Which came first unclear.

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Permalink Reply by J.Seah 20 hours ago

The sketch I posted was not from MTV Unplugged. 

It was drawn and signed in Singapore by Kurt Cobain for a photographer who was with the band when they visited Singapore on Feb 1992 to promote their album Nevermind. It is not a misspelling of his name. This is how he signed him name. 

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Permalink Reply by Guitar John 20 hours ago

You may be right about that. But there was some piece of art that was done at the MTV show. He started signing his name kurdt because of a misspelled name that came out in a publication and he liked that goofiness I recently saw his biographical documentary on HBO Max. Incredibly sad. He was a mess. Clearly was destined for self-destruction.

If you have any information about my pin on lined paper drawing or the boxed signature, please chime in. Thank you

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