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Lennon, John
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Description
- Lennon, John
- Untitled illustration of a man and an alien
- ink on paper
5 3/4 x 7 1/5 in.; 147 x 184 mm, ink drawing in black with page number added in blue ink on single leaf (10 x 8 in.; 255 x 204 mm, unwatermarked), unsigned, short tear to left edge, slight creasing
Catalogue Note
An illustration published on page 51 of In His Own Write.
Talking about his illustrations in 1964 and 1965, Lennon noted "...that's the most amount of drawings I've done since I left college... I used to draw with almost anything, usually black pen, or an ordinary fountain pen with black ink. So when it came to doing the book I said, 'Well, I can draw as well, you know,' since they'd mainly taken just the writing; and the drawings were very scrappy because I'm heavy-handed. I draw like I write. I just start to draw and if it looks like something vaguely to do with the story, I do it." (See The Beatles Anthology, London, 2000, p. 134)