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A depiction of the head and shoulders of musician John Lennon on vibrant yellow ground. The left side of image and hair saturated in bright orange-red; the right side of image in deep purple. The features are visible as in a photographic negative with negative areas highlighted in bright white. Superimposed on the face, a pair of round glasses with lenses formed by bright orange, green, and white spirals.

This poster is offset lithograh on white wove paper. Its dimensions are: H x W: 78.9 x 57.2 cm (31 1/16 x 22 1/2 in. ).

It is inscribed Imprinted in green, lower left corner of margin: JOHN LENNON photographed by Richard Avedon for Look magazine; in lower right corner: Copyright c [encircled] 1967 by NEMS Enterprises, Ltd. All rights reserved, published and distributed by Cowles Education Corporation, 488 Madison/Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022, in cooperation with Richard Avedon Posters, Inc. exclusively under license from Maximus Enterprises, Ltd..

This poster is from United States and dated 1967.

Gift of Various Donors. This object came to our collection as a Gift, in 1981.

This object has been included in the following exhibitions:

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