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Jamie Reid, artist who defined the punk aesthetic with Sex Pistols record covers, dies at 76

Jamie Reid, the iconoclastic British artist who helped define the jagged, cut-and-paste punk aesthetic with his iconic Sex Pistols record covers, died Tuesday, his gallerist John Marchant announced. He was 76. Reid aligned himself with the radical anarchist underground since his school days at London's Croydon School of Art, but it was his designs for the English punk band the Sex Pistols that ...
British artist Jamie Reid's "God Save the Queen," a promotional poster, owned by Sid Vicious, is displayed in London on Oct. 12, 2022, as part of the Stolper-Wilson Collection of Sex Pistols memorabilia, coming to auction at Sotheby's in London on Oct. 21, 2022.

Jamie Reid, the iconoclastic British artist who helped define the jagged, cut-and-paste punk aesthetic with his iconic Sex Pistols record covers, died Tuesday, his gallerist John Marchant announced. He was 76.

Reid aligned himself with the radical anarchist underground since his school days at London's Croydon School of Art, but it was his designs for the English punk band the Sex Pistols that cemented his status as one of

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