This is one of the 10 Warhol prints of Mick Jagger that were done in 1975. Warhol and Jagger had met in 1964 at a party in New York during the Rolling Stones’ first US tour at a time when both parties were beginning their rise to fame. They would go on to become close friends and to collaborate several times during their careers, including the Rolling Stones cover for Sticky Fingers that Warhol designed.

This print is known as Mick Jagger 138 and had unfortunately not been archivally hinged. Due to this, there were 16 places were acids had migrated from cardboard fillets and affected the internals of the framing. The frame was also not sealed, and over time air-borne contaminates had made their way inside.

After a careful de-fit the print was dipped in chemistry solutions to neutralize the acid contaminants and then dried flat with blotters. Archival hinging techniques and materials then placed the print in a our new, custom American Vinyl Frame that swapped the original frames silver color for a more arresting black that accentuated Jagger’s eyes and hair. To top off the framing, an 8-ply white rag with foam core and museum glass and an extra deep fillet were going. We’re very glad to get Jagger back into rockin’ shape.

Somehow this is a Mick Jagger signature. So cool.

American Vinyl frame. Can you tell that the museum glass has been installed?

Before and after. That original frame, with nothing really wrong about it, sort of now looks like the opening act for the striking fella on the right. This example is pretty good at showing the perks for museum glass. Look at the left image around Jagger’s right cheekbone and you’ll see a photographer’s arm.

Warhol and Jagger. They appear to be signing one of the 10 Jagger prints.