Eric Clapton Ordered By French Court To Pay Up Over Layla Album Cover

A Paris court has ordered Eric Clapton to pay a sum of $16,400 to the family of a painter for modifying a picture used on the cover of a collector’s edition of the iconic album Layla. Clapton was taken to court by the family of French-Danish artist Emile Frandsen, who died in 1969.More »

By on February 7, 2016

A Paris court has ordered Eric Clapton to pay a sum of $16,400 to the family of a painter for modifying a picture used on the cover of a collector’s edition of the iconic album Layla. Clapton was taken to court by the family of French-Danish artist Emile Frandsen, who died in 1969. They accused the rock legend of using an altered version of Frandsen’s painting as part of a collector’s edition in 2011, the 40th anniversary of the album’s initial release by Derek and the Dominos. “It’s a clear distortion of Emile Frandsen’s work,” the court said. The cover of the anniversary edition featured a new three-dimensional, cardboard pop-up version of the original work named “La Jeune Fille au Bouquet” (Young Girl with Bouquet), which the painter’s son had given to Clapton in 1970. The original had been used on the album cover of Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. Copyright(c) 2016 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «

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