Bag One
The lithographs, known collectively as Bag One, had been drawn by Lennon in 1969, and chronicled his wedding ceremony and honeymoon with Yoko Ono, and one of their bed-ins for world peace. The exhibition took place over a two-week period at the London Arts Gallery at 22 New Bond Street, London W1.
Avant-Garde Wedded Bliss The Erotic Lithographs of John Lennon
With publication of the lithographs on the next five pages, John Lennon, master musician, promoter of peace, and one of the Now Generation’s most inspiring and kaleidoscopic figures, reveals still, another of his talents: that of an artist. Avant-Garde is pleased to present this portfolio of lithographs in which John celebrates his love for Yoko …
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John Lennon Detroit Art Show
Beatle Art Display Set For Detroit Curiosity seeking crowds are not what the London Art Gallery hopes to attract with its showing of a collection of etchings by Beatle John Lennon, according to Eugene Schuster, head of London Arts, Inc. “But when art and sex are put together, it’s hard to keep the crowds away.” …
Lennon Exhibitor Draws Picasso Into His Defense
LONDON, April 1 (Reuters)— A court was asked today to decide whether a drawing by Beatle John Lennon depicting a sex act was more obscene than a similar work by Pablo Picasso. The comparison was made before a magistrate’s court hearing a summons, alleging indecency, against the London Art Gallery. The gallery director, Eugene Schuster, …
Come Together: John Lennon’s illegal art
Confiscated in a Scotland Yard raid, John Lennon’s erotic drawings spent only a single day on display in London. Fifty years on, the explicit lithographs made by the Beatle at his creative and controversial peak are highly desirable collectors’ pieces Rob Crossan | 2 March 2020 Most of the famous couples of history – …
private display of the intimate life of john and Yoko Ono Lennon NYC 1970
(29 Jan 1970) STORY 1/29/70 c0008340 – color New York: A private display of the intimate life of john and Yoko Ono Lennon will go on display tomorrow at the women’s haberdashers on Madison avenue uncut “Lennon – Litho” (shot 1/29/70 100ft) ono, yoko – lithograph lennon, john – lithograph art – contemporary peace
Lennon and Picasso compared at Trial
Allegedly obscene drawings by John Lennon were compared in court yesterday with a Picasso print. The print was found by police in a drawer at an art gallery where the Lennon lithographs were on display and for sale. It was produced at Marlborough of 1 Street Magistrates’ Court ‘where Mr Eugene Schuster, the art gallery …
Bag One Podcast
Playing Previous Song Play Pause Next Song / Wayne State University USS United States Montage London Warburg Institute Detroit 1962 screenplay written by Joseph Schuster When Clouds Meet
Art Fears Cleared Lennon Of Obscenity
John Lennon’s graphic drawings of himself having sex may have escaped conviction for obscenity because of feared ramifications across the art world, newly-released files show. There were worries that art collections throughout the country could have fallen foul of the law if the case succeeded. The decision to charge gallery owner Eugene Schuster for …
London Arts Gallery BAG ONE press release
Eugene Schuster, founder of the London Arts Group whose London and American galleries tour exhibitions throughout England and the United States, has organised the first show of original lithographs by John Lennon entitled BAG ONE. Mr. Schuster accepted the challenge of the expansion of Pop to the Fine Art field with delight and the seriousness …