c.1990

Enamel on steel and chromium-plated steel

2 x 4 x 2 inches

Ex-collection:

Collection of Lorraine Belcher Chamberlain Wilson until 2017

Lorraine Belcher, was first involved with Frank Zappa in his early days as a musician and filmmaker. She was arrested with him in 1965 when St. Bernardino police charged the pair with conspiracy to commit pornography in Cucamonga. The “porn” in question was an audio tape of herself and Zappa “moaning and groaning,” Lorraine said. “We didn’t take our clothes off.” She said An undercover cop had solicited the “porn” for $100, supposedly for a stag movie.Her San Francisco friends would call her “Big Lorraine” and she nicknamed Zappa Lumpy Gravy.

Lorraine Belcher married John Chamberlain in 1977 and they remained together until the early 1990’s

Andy Warhol
John and Lorraine Chamberlain, 1978
Instant photograph, color
9.5 x 7.3 cm (image); 10.8 x 8.6 cm (paper)