TitleBag One, #1

Year1994

MediumPrint > Serigraph / Screen Print

DimensionsComposition: 6.5 X 6.5 inches
Sheet: 10.5 X 9.5 inches

Description

Serigraph after the drawing executed for the Bag One Suite of 1970 (reproduced as lithographs), Plate 1 of 13 in the suite, signed in pencil by Yoko Ono and annotated “ARTIST PROOF 19/50”, printed on Shikishi paper board with applied gold border, issued by Atelier GF, Ontario. Canada, 1994, edition 300 + 50 artist proofs.

ProvenanceGallery of Celebrities Fine Art, Lahaina, HI, 1997

Accession NumberRC1765

NotesPublication of Bag One was simultaneous with the first exhibition of the lithographs, at the London Arts Gallery in New Bond Street in January 1970. The show was disrupted by Scotland Yard, who seized eight of the lithographs on display and attempted to prosecute the gallery and its American owner Eugene Schuster on the grounds of obscenity. The lithographs were subsequently exhibited at Lee Nordness Galleries, New York City, in February 1970. The New York opening night was a showy affair, packed with celebrities, including Salvador Dalí with his pet ocelot on a leash. The lithographs were on view in a specially created environment where spectators were asked to remove their shoes.