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LIVE NIRVANA GUIDE TO KURT COBAIN'S ART Photography

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  1. Photograph of various anatomical models and toy figures, arranged in front of two of Cobain's paper collages.
  2. Photograph of Cobain's "Chim Chim" toy figure, set against his raw meat/diseased vulva Hellscape collage. Used for the inlay of the Nevermind release.
  3. Photograph of Cobain's "Chim Chim" toy figure, set against his raw meat/diseased vulva Hellscape collage. A Nirvana sticker has been positioned behind Chim Chim, over a cutout of the band KISS.
  4. Photograph of a naked woman (Tracy Marander) lying on a couch with an unknown object placed over her sacrum. Featured in Nick Broomfield's Kurt & Courtney documentary film.
  5. Photograph of art dolls. Taken as a front cover design idea for the Lithium single.
  6. Photograph of art dolls. Used for the front cover of the Lithium single.
  7. Photograph of an anatomical skeleton lying among flowers. Used for the back cover of the Lithium single.
  8. Photograph of a naked woman (Courtney Love) lying among flowers. Featured in Brett Morgen's Cobain: Montage Of Heck documentary film.
  9. Photograph of a naked woman (Courtney Love) lying among flowers. Featured in Brett Morgen's Cobain: Montage Of Heck documentary film.
  10. Photograph of an assemblage of flowers and anatomical models.
  11. Photograph of a model fetus within an assemblage of flowers and other anatomical models.
  12. Photograph of an man (Michael ‘Cali’ DeWitt) dressed in drag and laying in an empty bathtub. Used for the In Utero album liner artwork.
  13. Set of photographs of a heart-shaped box and Stargazer lilies. Taken as potential source material for the front cover of the Heart-Shaped Box single.
  14. Photograph of a heart-shaped box surrounded by Stargazer lilies, arranged on a bed of tin foil. Used for the front cover of the Heart-Shaped Box single.