The BEATLES

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Make sure you go back to page before this!

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The Only Painting Created by All Four Beatles Could Make $600,000 at Auction
The Fab Four co-created the work while on tour in Tokyo in 1966.

The untitled painting, commonly known as Images of a Woman (1966), is the only canvas that John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr collaborated on and later signed. The acrylic and watercolor work will join Christie’s The Exceptional Sale on February 1, arriving with an estimate of $400,000–$600,000.

According to the auction house, while the group passed the time in their accommodations without pain, the gift of a set of art supplies from their tour promoter provided a useful distraction. The band arranged four chairs around a table on which sat a page of Japanese art paper; using the materials, they proceeded to draw and paint from each corner of the sheet towards its middle.

After first giving the background a red wash, the foursome worked in vivid shades of watercolors and oils. Lennon opted for geometry and Harrison abstraction; McCartney took to organic forms and Starr cartoony contours. The painting was completed over two nights, recalled photographer Robert Whitaker, who documented the band’s time in Tokyo.

“They’d stop [painting], go and do a concert, then it was ‘Let’s go back to the picture!’ he said. “I never saw them calmer or more contented than at this time.”

The canvas was held down in the center by a table lamp, which once lifted, left a perfectly clean circle. Here, the Beatles signed their names next to the quadrant they’d painted.

Full article, more photos

I'm willing to bet it will go for a LOT more than the estimate.

Link to Christie's, if you'd like to bid

Scroll down to "Lot Essay" for more information.

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I saw that today! (I’ve known about the painting for years and wondered what ever happened to it!)

I bet it will go for at least $1,000,000!

“If I’d like to bid” 😂

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Finally! 🥳

www.reuters.com/lifestyle/paul-mccartneys-stolen-beatles-bass-guitar-found-after-51-years-2024-02-16/

www.paulmccartney.com/news/statement-on-hofner-bass

Nancy

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4 new Beatles movies coming!

deadline.com/2024/02/beatles-movies-sam-mendes-paul-mccartney-john-lennon-george-harrison-ringo-starr-1235831317/

Nancy

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www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-13309661/Paul-McCartneys-psychedelic-Wings-1972-double-decker-tour-bus-goes-auction-heres-sell-for.html

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The Beatles LOVE Cirque du Soleil show’s last performance is July 6th. They are tearing down the Mirage and building a Hard Rock Hotel. 😢

www.cirquedusoleil.com/beatles-love?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0ruyBhDuARIsANSZ3woQor5N5xIuO3lFCo__ATT7b5BE7en_XHYjDNn0JFpTS8du7P-_lEUaAizJEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Nancy

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Look how much this ended up selling for Valerie!!

www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6467442

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I watched the entire TM special on my iPad. I thought the magician was amazing! How he did what he did I’ll never know! Then at the end was great when they played a faithful cover version of The Beatles/John Lennon song “Across The Universe” - there are 2 versions of that song. One by John for charity and the other done by the Beatles.
World Wildlife Fund version:

youtu.be/iotagMCkJRE?si=gjyt_4V5C-qM_Te-

Beatles version:

youtu.be/90M60PzmxEE?si=KJfbgi-EqYFR7ALA

Nancy

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youtu.be/XLzMtQJnH8k?si=2Zg1RfyMhTLupW4z