He was the archetypal bad boy of punk, whose meteoric rise to fame and notoriety culminated in early death. Now a grim reminder of the turbulent life and times of Sid Vicious will help to fund research into the the drug addiction that killed him. A haunting painting by the British artist Dexter Dalwood, entitled Room 100 at the Chelsea Hotel (above), is being sold to raise money for the charity Action on Addiction.

It depicts the trashed New York room where Nancy Spungen, girlfriend of the Sex Pistol, was found stabbed to death.

Dalwood, one of the "new neurotic realists", is one of 70 artists who have given works towards raising £100,000 for the charity.

Paintings and photographs, with estimates ranging from £70 to £15,000, are being auctioned on the internet site www.Sothebys.com until February 20. Dalwood's work is expected to fetch £3,000.

The Art Against Addiction project is being launched by the singer/ model Caprice next Wednesday at Sotheby's in New Bond Street, London.