Actor Johnny Depp is making as many waves within the artwork world as within the movie business. Depp just lately introduced “the launch of a time version sale of his newly revealed self-portrait 5 (2023), conceived as he entered the fifth 12 months of a difficult interval in his life”, says a pithy press assertion. “If the piece resonates with even only one individual, this artwork has objective,” opines Depp.
The self-portrait, Depp’s first, can be bought as a time-limited version from 20 July for 13 days solely (“a quantity vital to the artist”) and priced from £1,950. As a really beneficiant gesture, $200 from every sale will go on to Psychological Well being America, a community-based non-profit charity targeted on psychological well being points. Followers can be delighted to see that every work—based mostly on {a photograph} taken for Christian Dior Parfums in 2015—is signed by Depp and emboss stamped by hand with “Johnny’s private mark of authenticity”.
The self-portrait piece is out there with Fort Positive Artwork, a subsidiary of the Washington Inexperienced Positive Artwork retail group, which additionally affords works by Bob Dylan, Billy Conolly and Marvel. Earlier this 12 months Depp created a collection of silkscreen prints that netted him not less than £4.5m.
