Sacha Jafri’s painting David Beckham – A Celebration, is now hanging at the Ransom in Pimlico Road.
In 2006 Sacha Jafri created a 7ft by 6ft painting intended to represent different aspects of the footballer's life and his Greenwich soccer academy. The picture, A Celebration, includes the footprint of Beckham and the handprints of footballers John Terry, Paul Gascoigne, Ruud Gullit, and Mark Bright.
It was auctioned in 2006 at the Ministry of Sound in Elephant and Castle, after a £25,000-a-team corporate five-a-side event featuring the footballers. The winning bid in 2006 was £125,000...
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