When renowned theatre director Randal Myler decided to adapt Laura Joplin’s book Love, Janis for the stage, it was obvious the Porsche would have to be an essential member of the creative team. Fans would tuck notes under the windshield wipers. When people saw it around town, they knew whose it was. Joplin bought the car used in 1968 and drove it all over San Francisco until her death in 1970, her sister said. The two heads on the hood are “The Everyman.” The right door depicts a typical valley town. The back corner, for example, depicts a grinning sun meant to represent Joplin’s Capricorn sign. Flipping up the gas cap reveals a screaming face.īut Laura Joplin says every inch of the car reflects her sister’s personality. Look closely and there are landscapes, birds, butterflies, the floating eye of God, mushrooms and skull-like faces. Like most art, that’s in the eye of the beholder. Richards, a roadie in Joplin’s band Big Brother and the Holding Company, imagined the trippy mural design that he once said depicts the history of the universe. Joplin’s convertible was originally pearl white with a black interior before Dave Richards got hold of it. She considers it the best project she has ever worked on – or ever will. Unfortunately, none of those proceeds will go to DCPA Charge Scenic Artist Jana Mitchell, even though she played the largest part in restoring the car to its irresistibly funky super-‘60s look. Tonight, the Sotheby’s auction house expects the car to sell for between $400,000 and $600,000 in New York City. Janis Joplin may have prayed for a Mercedes Benz in song, but she drove a psychedelic 1964 Porsche 356 convertible that spent much of 1994 on display right here at the Denver Center for the entire run of the Theatre Company’s world premiere musical Love, Janis. Update: Joplin’s Porsche goes for whopping $1.76 million Janis Joplin with her 1964 Porsche 356 convertible that goes up for auction tonight in New York.
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