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Lennon, John
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- Lennon, John
- 'On this Churly Morn', corrected authorial typescript
- ink on paper
untitled, each stanza numbered, with ten corrections in black ink, 2 numbered pages, large post quarto (10 x 8 in.; 254 x 203 mm, unwatermarked), stapled, small nick at top of first leaf
Condition
see catalog
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
"...They rabble till they're tatter
Don't creem the midnight hour
Big Doris flitter flatter
And blacky blackpoo tower..."
Don't creem the midnight hour
Big Doris flitter flatter
And blacky blackpoo tower..."
The distinctive strangeness of Lennon's language sent many critics in search of influences and comparable writers - James Joyce's name was often invoked, for example. The language of traditional hymns unmistakably lies behind the closing stanzas of this inventive nonsense poem, but Lennon was quick to admit to the limits of his reading. "I mean to read Joyce but I never have. I got a laugh from all those intellectuals saying I was like him. I've read some Thurber stories though. And Alice in Wonderland." (Interview with Gloria Steinem, Cosmopolitan, December 1964, reprinted in The Lennon Companion, p. 37).The poem is published on pp.74-75 of In His Own Write.