
Claire Tole-Moir
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This exhibition marked the first ever meeting of John and Yoko. John came to the gallery one evening for a preview and an introduction was affected by John Dunbar. Neither John or Yoko knew who each other was.
In 'Lennon Remembers: The Rolling Stone Interviews By Jan Wenner', (Penguin, 1973) John recalled: 'John Dunbar insisted she say hello to the millionaire, you know what I mean. And she came up and handed me a card which said ''Breathe'' on it, one of her instructions, so I just went (pant!)...'.
Yoko remembers it thus: 'John asked if he could hammer one of the nails of the 'Hammer-A-Nail-In' piece...I decided that people should pay five shillings to hammer each nail. But when the gallery owner told John he had to pay, he stopped a moment and asked if he could hammer an imaginary nail! It was fantastic. It was my game. The two of us were playing the same game...'