Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren A Rare 'Smoking Boy' Seditionaries T-Shirt, early 1976 white jersey with greyscale 'Smoking Boy' image and pink and orange over-printing, stencilled text, with 'Altonis' label, accompanied by a letter of provenance, Size M Footnotes: Provenance From the collection of Music Agent/Manager, Tony Howard. Howard was affiliated with the agency NEMS, where he worked with groups like Humble Pie, Jeff Beck and T-Rex in the 60s. His mid-70s clients included Marc Bolan, Tom Robinson and Hawkwind. Having worked with Pink Floyd in the 60s Howard was also often their tour-manager during the 80s and 90s. The imagery on the shirt comprises the repeat image of the 'Smoking Boy', an image by Don Busby in the underground Boys Express No.4 magazine, which Malcolm purchased in a shop in Brixton, south London, in the winter of 1975/1976. This provocative image was coupled with the silhouette of Glen Matlock's bass guitar, lettering and musical notes. In an interview in 2006 with writer Paul Gorman, Malcolm recalled: 'This was my first attempt at making a Sex Pistols' T-shirt. I wanted to create something of a stir.' He also stated: 'We didn't make very many, 40 or 50 at most, and they were in quite small sizes. They were supposed to be sold in the store but at first I gave them away to people who looked cool.' For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing