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Several paintings have been attributed to Frank Zappa. They mostly date from his school days and teenage years. | Several paintings have been attributed to Frank Zappa. They mostly date from his school days and teenage years. | ||
− | One such piece was seen on [[Wikipedia: History Detectives|History Detectives]] a television show about American History. In 2012, they examined a collage that a collector bought in a South Carolina thrift shop. The artwork was an image of a drum store. Struck by the piece and its "F.Z." signature, a collector, Edward Lewis, suspected that it might be the work of Frank Zappa.<ref>Frank Zappa collage on History | + | One such piece was seen on [[Wikipedia: History Detectives|History Detectives]] a television show about American History. In 2012, they examined a collage that a collector bought in a South Carolina thrift shop. The artwork was an image of a drum store. Struck by the piece and its "F.Z." signature, a collector, Edward Lewis, suspected that it might be the work of Frank Zappa.<ref>Frank Zappa collage on History Detectives [http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/frank-zappa-collage/]</ref> History Detectives offered evidence that this was a Zappa piece, but could not definitively prove it. Nonetheless, they estimated the collage, for which Lewis paid $5, to be worth $25,000.<ref>Transcript of show (PDF) [http://www-tc.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/static/media/transcripts/2012-07-29/1001_zappa.pdf]</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 08:12, 26 August 2021
Several paintings have been attributed to Frank Zappa. They mostly date from his school days and teenage years.
One such piece was seen on History Detectives a television show about American History. In 2012, they examined a collage that a collector bought in a South Carolina thrift shop. The artwork was an image of a drum store. Struck by the piece and its "F.Z." signature, a collector, Edward Lewis, suspected that it might be the work of Frank Zappa.[1] History Detectives offered evidence that this was a Zappa piece, but could not definitively prove it. Nonetheless, they estimated the collage, for which Lewis paid $5, to be worth $25,000.[2]
See:
- frank zappa - oddities.
- A rough compilation of some of FZ's paintings, drawings & collages that we know of, including some that we don't know for sure.