John Lennon
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John Lennon

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John Lennon
Bag One, 1970
Thirteen lithographic prints on BFK Rivers paper, [Honeymoon and A-Z missing], each print signed by John Lennon and numbered in pencil 37/300, in original white vinyl portfolio case with inner detachable cardboard folder and supportive vinyl straps
All 30x23in. (76x58.4cm.) (14)
Provenance
The Collection of Red Ronnie.
Literature
HERZOGENRATH, Wulf & HANSEN, Dorothee John Lennon, Drawings Performances Films, London: Thames and Hudson, pp. 139-154 (illus.)
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

The Bag One series was created by John Lennon in 1969, originally intended as a wedding gift for Yoko Ono. It was Anthony Fawcett, who had collaborated with the couple on previous projects, who suggested a selection of the drawings be made into an edition of lithographs. The chosen set documents the couple's wedding ceremony and their honeymoon bed-in as well as including a number of erotic sketches. The edition was previewed on 15 January 1970 at the London Arts Gallery, New Bond Street, and caused a sensation. The following day Scotland Yard arrived and confiscated the erotic prints deeming them pornographic.
A set of Bag One lithographs is on permanent exhibition at MOMA in New York.

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