A unique cast bronze of Eric Clapton's left hand on his guitar neck, signed and inscribed on the reverse of the neck To Nell, Eric Clapton, on slate plinth
height 7¹⁄₂ in. (19 cm), the plinth 9 x 3 in. (20 x 7.7 cm.)

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Lot Essay

According to Pattie Boyd, when Eric Clapton was modelled for a Madame Tussauds waxwork in the late 1980s, the wax modeller made an additional wax cast of Clapton's hand for Pattie and Eric to keep as a memento. When they decided to separate not long afterwards, Eric signed and inscribed the waxwork To Nell, which was his nickname for Pattie. The wax sculpture was then cast in solid bronze for posterity, and the original waxwork was likely destroyed in the process.