Lot 200
200
John and Yoko
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John and Yoko

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John and Yoko
A close-up black and white publicity portrait of John and Yoko taken during the Amsterdam Bed-In by John De Rooij, with photographer's ink-stamp on verso, inscribed by Lennon on obverse in blue ballpoint pen To our right Hans [Boskamp] man with love and thanks for your help peace in memory of Amsterdam etc. signed by both John and Yoko and annotated by Lennon with a self-portrait caricature of them both -- 7x9.5in. (17.8x24cm.); two Bagism postcards, the obverse decorated with a black and white photograph of John and Yoko in front of the Eiffel Tower, the verso with printed message Love + Peace = Bagism both -- 5½x3½in.; a John Lennon/Apple promotional photograph, the obverse with a black and white head and shoulders portrait photograph of Lennon and white printed lettering I am at 3 Savile Row, most days -- 10 1/8x8in. (26x30cm.); and four black and white publicity photographs of The Beatles, 1969, each -- 5x3½in. (12.7x9cm.) (8)
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Lot Essay

Hans Boskamp was part of the Dutch film crew which had an agreement with Lennon to shoot the Bed-In in Amsterdam and to accompany them to the 'events' which immediately followed in Vienna and London.

See footnotes to lots 198 & 199

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