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Lot ID: 16309
Yoko  Ono:   Mend Piece for John (from The S.M.S. portfolio)
 
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Description
Artist: Ono Yoko
Title: Mend Piece for John (from The S.M.S. portfolio)
Style: Contemporary (ca. 1945-present), abstract, avant-garde, Fluxus (ca. 1960s-present), New York School
Medium: Sculptures, Found Object, Mixed Media, box, plastic bag, tube of glue, ribbon box, plastic bag, glue & ribbon
Year: 1969
Size: height - 6.25 in, width - 6.25 in, depth - 0 in
Markings: signed, "YOKO ONO" in ink, Center Right
Edition: 35 unique but related, signed examples
Foundry/Publisher: The Letter Edged in Black Press, NY
Estimate: from $2,000 to $3,000

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Mend piece for John:
Contents and instructions for mending a broken cup with “this glue and this poem in three stanzas dedicated to John.”

(one of 35 unique but similar and signed examples)
6.25 x 6.25 (case). SMS V, from the planned edition of 100.

Framed.
  • Condition Report
    • Current lot doesn't have any damage.
  • History & Provenance
    • Provenance:
      Private Collection, USA


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      Shipping Weight: 10 lbs
      Framing: Yes
      Item Location: New York, USA
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      Sales Tax: NEW YORK, MAINE

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    Phillips de Pury & Company New York:
    Saturday, December 17, 2005, (Lot 00347)
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