Anarchy in the UK T-shirt

A 1983 reissue of one of the most-quoted T-shirt designs to come out of the Sex Pistols campaign — Jamie Reid's tattered Union Jack overlaid with ransom-note typography spelling ANARCHY IN THE U.K. and SEX PISTOLS, the title and band wordmarks set against a flag torn through with paint splatter and cut edges. Reid's design originated within the Seditionaries-era materials that ran around the band's 1976–77 single releases, and was reprinted from the original screens in 1983 for the BOY retail line at 153 King's Road — part of the small group of late-Seventies designs revived for the shop's 1980s programme alongside Love Close to Hate (Lot 39 in the PUNK50 auction) and Punk Gang (Lot 38 in the PUNK50 auction).

26 3/16 × 15 3/8 inches (66.5 × 39 cm)