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Lot 169: John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Amsterdam Bed-In, 1969

Est: €350 EUR - €500 EURPassed
Adams Amsterdam AuctionsAmsterdam, NetherlandsSeptember 22, 2014

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Description

PHOTOGRAPHS - KOSTER, Nico (Dutch 1940). John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Amsterdam Bed-In, 1969. Later silver print, stamped with copyright stamp 'Studio Nico Koster Art & Projects' and signed in felt pen (lower right under the image), image size 20.8 x 23 cm., paper size 29.5 x 42 cm. One margin sl. soiled
Historic photograph depicting the famous Bed-in for Peace of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, which took place from 25th to 31st March 1969 at the Amsterdam Hilton. Shortly after their marriage, the couple came to Amsterdam to spend the last week of their honeymoon in the bed of room 902 - a symbolic gesture of protest against the Vietnam war and support for world peace. Journalists were welcome and Nico Koster, at that time a photo-journalist for De Telegraaf, stayed with them for the whole week and created a unique series of strong and intimate pictures of John Lennon and Yoko Ono during their legendary performance. In 1969 only one photograph was published and the negatives of the series were lost for nearly forty years. His daughter Nicole discovered them among her childhood drawings in 2009 and then the prints of the shoot were revealed and exhibited for the first time.

Artist or Maker

Literature

Pijbes, W., Wingen, E., and Hoogland, R. Nico Koster: chroniqueur van een kunstenaarsgeneratie. Wezep: De Kunst, 2013.

Notes

John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Amsterdam Bed-In, 1969

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September 22, 2014, 08:00 PM CET

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