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John Lennon
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John Lennon

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John Lennon
Bag One, 1970
14 lithographs from various editions, each limited to 300, each signed by John Lennon and numbered in pencil, printed on BFK Rivers paper, of this edition nine are marked A.P., four are numbered 94/300 and one is numbered 93/300, all -- 30x23in. (76x58.4cm.), in original white vinyl carrying case [lacking identity tag and key]

The full set comprises 15 lithographs, that illustrated on p.147 of the book John Lennon, Drawings Performances Films, is missing from this portfolio
Literature
HERZOGENRATH, Wulf & HANSEN, Dorothee John Lennon, Drawings Performances Films, London: Thames and Hudson, pp. 139-154 (illus.)
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Lot Essay

The Bag One series of lithographs was conceived by John Lennon in 1969 as a wedding gift for Yoko, recording their wedding ceremony, honeymoon and bed-ins and includes several erotic images. The lithographs were first exhibited on 15th January, 1970 at the London Arts Gallery, New Bond Street, and caused a sensation; Scotland Yard closed the exhibition on only its second day, and the erotic lithographs were confiscated.

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