Auction Name: 2025 December 5 Vintage Guitars and Musical Instruments Signature® Auction

Lot Number: 85206

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Frank Zappa & Baby Snakes (1980) Bart Nagel Original Photograph, Signed and Inscribed By Frank Zappa.
Original 1980 photograph by Bart Nagel, professionally printed and personally signed and inscribed by Frank Zappa. This image captures Zappa backstage with his legendary "Baby Snakes" guitar, a custom-built instrument originally crafted by Nagel himself-a talented luthier and photographer. The photograph represents a rare reunion between artist and artisan, occurring roughly six years after Nagel first built and sold the guitar to Zappa. This signed piece embodies a direct connection between the creator of one of Zappa's most innovative guitars and the visionary musician who made it iconic.

Original glossy 14" x 11" archival color photograph, tipped to an inset mat in a 17.25" x 21.25 museum frame with plexiglass, of Frank Zappa, 1980, by Bart Nagel, signed and dated by Nagel in graphite on the mat inset, and inscribed by Zappa, "THANKS / FOR / MANY / YEARS / OF / LOYAL / SERVICE, / F Zappa / 1980" in felt, slightly faint.


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