Finished artwork, front cover CLASH 2nd Songbook, 12 x 9?. Derek Boshier 1979 courtesy Flowers Gallery

Derek Boshier and The Clash

In response to my Pop Goes the Easel post, Paul Gormanis posted images from the songbook that Derek Boshier illustrated for The Clash’s second album.

It’s amazing stuff, I didn’t know there were links from the pop artists to The Clash, apparently Derek taught Joe Strummer on Foundation, and they bumped into each other later and Joe asked him to do it.

Derek Boshier doesn’t get the same love as some of the other pop artists, so nice to hear that a new monograph by Paul called Rethink/Re-Entry is going to be published by Thames & Hudson early next year.

Drawing for songbook,12 x 8 1/4?. Derek Boshier 1979 courtesy Flowers Gallery

(images by Derek Boshier, courtesy Flowers Gallery – more are on Paul’s site).

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