This actual print was the personal property of the late great John Entwistle.
In May 2003, Sothebys in London auctioned 386 lots belonging to John Entwistle. The majority of lots consisted of guitars, but lot number one in the auction comprised John’s favourite photographs of The Who, which originally hung on the walls of his home.
This portrait by Colin Jones of The Who was one of the photographs in that first lot. It has a removable Sotheby’s sticker on the glass in the front left corner, and a Sotheby’s ticket strung on the reverse.
It is in its original wood frame—the one John Entwistle had when he owned it—which has a small scratch on the top section. It is priced in its original frame but could be reframed for an additional £200. There is no visible signature. The image measures 16.5 x 23 inches, and the frame measures 21.5 x 28 inches.
British photographer Colin Jones (1936-2021) first photographed the Who in 1965, when this photograph was taken in Wapping Lane, in London’s Surrey Docks – “one of my haunts down in the East End docklands” as Colin recalled later. Colin’s poignant and evocative images of the British working class from the last of the dock workers to the final days of the miners and steel workers are rightly acclaimed. Bill Brandt was a major fan of Colin’s work, which has been shown in major exhibitions in London, Washington and beyond.
