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John Lennon

(United Kingdom, 1940-1980)
Estimate
100 000 - 150 000 SEK
8 900 - 13 300 EUR
9 070 - 13 600 USD
Hammer price
125 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

By law, the buyer will pay an artist fee for this work of art. This fee is 5% of the hammer price, or less. For more information about this law:

Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

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John Lennon
(United Kingdom, 1940-1980)

"Yoko Ono as Mona Lisa"

Silkscreen in colours and with a pencil drawing by the artist, inscribed 'Yoko Ono 68', signed in pencil and dated 1978, printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York. S. 106 x 76 cm.

Unexamined out of frame. Foxing to margins, two punched holes in right margin. Damp staining (used for the drawing).

Provenance

Rupert Jasen Smith, New York.
Private Collection, Sweden.

More information

This rare silkscreen was only printed in a very small edition (approximately 5 copies). The addition of the small erotic drawing, in the lower margin, where the artist is cleverly making use of an small area discoloured by damp, makes this a truly unique work of art.