American actor Johnny Depp sold a £3m ($3.65m) collection of his reproductions of Hollywood and rock icons through a British gallery chain on Thursday.
The 59-year-old translator for movies like Pirates of the Caribbean just spent millions of dollars in a brutal legal battle with his ex-wife, 36-year-old actress Amber Heard.
Depp wrote on Instagram that the prints will be sold online at Castle Fine Art, which operates a network of UK galleries.
The company posted a photo Johnny Depp I’m working on a portrait of singer Bob Dylan.
The collection, titled Friends and Heroes, is “a testament to those he knows well and those who have inspired him as a person,” the gallery said.
He quoted Depp as saying, “My paintings surround my life, but I kept them to myself and limited them. Nobody should be restricted.”
Other works by Johnny Depp
The artwork also features the late actress Elizabeth Taylor, actor Al Pacino, and Keith Richards, guitarist for the Rolling Stones.
The gallery tweeted that “Johnny Depp broke the Internet”, and his site began to be in demand.
By Thursday afternoon, all of the prints were labeled “out of stock.” There were 780 pieces.
Buyers paid £14,950 for a set of four prints, or £3,950 for one.
“I have always used art to express my feelings and reflect on the people who matter most to me, such as my family, friends and people I admire,” he said. Johnny Depp on your website.
“Based on photo references, each image was reduced to a simpler and more iconic representation of the subject, which Johnny then developed and energized with his signature freehand brushstrokes,” the gallery says.
Johnny Depp after Amber Heard’s trial
In June, Johnny Depp won $10 million in damages in a defamation case against Amber Heard in the United States, while she won $2 million in damages after a counterclaim.
Hurd appealed the verdict of the court, which was broadcast live with coarse and intimate details about the ex-partner’s personal life.
Johnny Depp he lost a libel suit against British tabloid The Sun in 2020 in London after the publication called him a “wife beater”.
A few weeks ago, the actor released an album with British rocker Jeff Beck.
The album received poor reviews but reached the UK Top 40.
(According to AFP)
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