Beatles art goes under the hammer

[beatlz]

yw paulsprincess. the painting is called "IMAGES OF A WOMAN". you can a picture of it and the beatles working on it at this link:

http://nutopia2.tripod.com/japanpainting.html

[beatlz]

http://nutopia2.tripod.com/japanpainting.html

[Sgt.McCartney]

Not only do they have great musical talent, they certainly do have a knack for art.

[beatlz]

http://www.dutchopera.de/etage14_2.htm/images1.jpg

http://www.dutchopera.de/etage14_2.htm/images2.jpg

http://www.dutchopera.de/etage14_2.htm/painting2.jpg

http://www.dutchopera.de/etage14_2.htm/images3.jpg

http://www.dutchopera.de/etage14_2.htm/images4.jpg

http://www.dutchopera.de/etage14_2.htm/images5.jpg

[lennon4]

I've always wanted to see a picture of this painting. Thanks for posting the link!

-lennon4

[beatlz]

Beatles art goes under the hammer May 8 2002




by Emma Gunby, Liverpool Echo


THE BEATLES visited Japan only once in 1966 for exactly 100 hours.

But they were so bored holed up in their VIP suite in Tokyo's Hilton Hotel they decided to paint a picture.

Today, that painting is expected to sell for over £350,000 when it goes on sale on the Internet.

John, Paul, George and Ringo painted the picture called Images Of A Woman while on tour in Japan in April 1966.

Brian Epstein, the late manager of the band, handed them a large canvas and asked them to create some artwork.

The finished painting was eventually presented to Mr Tetsusaburo Shimoyama, who was chairman of the band's fan club in Japan.

A spokesperson for eBay said: "We certainly believe this picture is as great as Picasso's and Van Gogh's, although the quality is completely different.

" It is true that John Lennon's illustration is highly esteemed as an artistic lithograph.

"And it is not too much to regard Images of a Woman as the one and only Beatles' painted picture in the world because no similar pictures by those four members has been discovered in the world."

A spokesperson for Liverpool's Mathew Street Gallery said: "It is a very famous painting.

" The guy who owned it recently died and that is why it has come up for auction.

"This is the second time it has been up for auction because last time it did not meet its reserve price.

"I believe it already has this time. It's a wonderful painting."

[PaulsPrincess]

Wow, I've never heard of this painting before! If it is truly the original, and the only painting done by all four Beatles I'm actually surprised that it isn't going for more than that.
Thanks for posting this beatlz, it's very interesting.

(Does anyone have a picture of this that they could post? I'd love to see it. images/icons/smile.gif )

[Magill]

Yeah, PP. Someone posted about this painting before here. (You must've missed it) It's really "groovy" looking! images/icons/grin.gif Nice work done by our very talented, (and bored in Japan) bunch of Beatles. graemlins/thumbsup1.gif If I had a gazillion dollars, I would've bought it, myself. Maybe someone can attach the old thread with the picture so you can see it. I don't know where to find it. Sorry.. images/icons/frown.gif

[beatlz]

this said by paul about the painting:

Paul: In the hotel room we did a communal painting. We all started a corner of the piece of paper and drew in towards the middle where the paintings met. This was just to pass the time away. I've seen it recently. It's a psychedelic whirl of coloured doodles.

[Beatleboydave]

Under the hammer May 8, 2002.

Is that when it went to the auction block?

That was almost one year ago.

I'm curious to know what it sold for.

[beatlebangs1964]

Not Maxwell's Silver Hammer? graemlins/joker.gif

Just kidding. Still, thanks for the painting article and the link!

(The Snow Beatles are adorable)

[HariScruff_00]

Originally Posted By beatlz:
But they were so bored holed up in their VIP suite in Tokyo's Hilton Hotel they decided to paint a picture.
<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">I think there was a feature in Life magazine (although it could have been the "Sat. Evening Post" or "Look") in 1966 about the Beatles painting in a Japanese hotel room. If I remember right it was mostly just pictures of the guys doodling and painting. I'm assuming the two are of the same bored-Beatles-painting.

[PaulsPrincess]

That is so cool, I'd never seen it before! Thanks for posting the link beatlz graemlins/thumbsup1.gif