Andy Warhol of the Month
Long-Sharp Gallery specializes in works on paper and photography by Andy Warhol. Each month our staff selects a work from our inventory that highlights something about Warhol’s life or interests and discusses it here.
Rolling Stones- Love You Live (Charlie Watts and Mick Jagger)
Year: 1977
Medium: Photo transfer on acetate on colored graphic art paper and construction paper on Arches paper
Size: 19 x 17.5 in (48.26 x 44.45 cm)
Frame size: 24.6 x 20.2 in (62.5 x 51.3 cm)
Signed in felt tip pen, lower left.
Authenticated by the Authentication Board of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (on September 27, 2010). Photo certificate on file.
About this work: The Rolling Stones’s double live album, Love You Live compiles recordings from the band’s shows across two continents. Released in 1977, it captures performances from the band’s tour for their previous year’s Black and Blue (1976) album. The cover image, depicting Mick Jagger playfully biting the hand of his daughter Jade, was inspired by a selection of photographs that Andy Warhol took of Jagger and the Stones in both Montauk and in Manhattan. The original photograph, said to have been taken by Polaroid or “point and shoot “ camera, was transferred to acetate, after which Warhol accented the presentation with pen outlines and colored paper collage. Another photograph from this series, depicting Stones guitarist Keith Richards biting an unidentified torso (likely that of another bandmate) was similarly transformed by Warhol.
Unlike the cover, the unique collage version of this photograph did not make it into record stores. The original image of Richards may be seen on the record’s interior gatefold, though this “colorized” version exists as a unique standalone. [1]
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Cited:
1. The Rolling Stones. Love You Live IORR. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll, PDF file. iorr.org, https://iorr.org/albums/love-you-live.pdf. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
(The artwork and production details for The Rolling Stones' Love You Live album, including Andy Warhol's biting photos and cover design process, are aggregated from multiple sources by It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (IORR) in their detailed article (n.d.), including key references such as Victor Bockris's Keith Richards biography and Andy Warhol's published diaries.)
Copyright in the artwork remains with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / ARS, New York. Related album packaging and use as Love You Live cover art is copyrighted by Promotone B.V. (The Rolling Stones' rights holder). All images are used here incidentally for description and promotion of the item for sale; fair use asserted where applicable. Contact the respective rights holders for any licensing needs.