John Lennon Photo To Be Auctioned
Fri Apr 12,12:45 PM ET
LONDON (AP) - A photograph of John Lennon's blood-spattered spectacles taken by his wife Yoko Ono after the former Beatle was fatally shot outside his New York apartment building is to be auctioned in London for an artists' charity.
Bonhams' auction house said Friday that it expected the picture, one of only six prints, to fetch up to 10,000 pounds (dlrs 14,000) when it goes under the hammer April 17.
The photo shows Lennon's trademark rounded spectacles beside a glass of water on a table set against the window of the couple's apartment in the Dakota building near Central Park, revealing a blurred view of the Manhattan skyline in the background.
Lennon was shot and killed outside the apartment in December 1980.
Ono used the photo — a chilling homage to her husband — as the cover illustration for her album "Season of Glass," which she released eight months after his death.
A spokeswoman for Bonhams said the photograph has since earned iconic reverence among Lennon fans.
Of the six copies printed under Ono's personal supervision in 1994, she retained one and gave four to close friends of the couple.
The sixth print — the one up for auction — was bought in a private sale by Johnnie Walker, a fund-raiser for Artist Residencies of Tokyo, or ART.
Walker agreed to abide by Ono's wish that he would only ever sell the picture to raise funds for ART, a nonprofit organization that helps support Japanese artists.
Ono set up the photo near a window of her apartment in keeping with the ancient Oriental tradition of the Butsudan, or household family altar. In Buddhist homes, the Butsudan serves as a repository for the souls of deceased family members who are worshipped daily. For Ono, the glass of water represented the food and drink intended to feed the souls of the dead.
Sat Apr 13, 7:28 PM ET - (AP)
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