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The Beatles: PHOTOGRAPHS OF JOHN LENNON AND PAUL MCCARTNEY, TAKEN DURING JOHN'S SO-CALLED 'LOST WEEKEND', 1974, Qty image 1
The Beatles: PHOTOGRAPHS OF JOHN LENNON AND PAUL MCCARTNEY, TAKEN DURING JOHN'S SO-CALLED 'LOST WEEKEND', 1974, Qty image 2
The Beatles: PHOTOGRAPHS OF JOHN LENNON AND PAUL MCCARTNEY, TAKEN DURING JOHN'S SO-CALLED 'LOST WEEKEND', 1974, Qty image 3
The Beatles: PHOTOGRAPHS OF JOHN LENNON AND PAUL MCCARTNEY, TAKEN DURING JOHN'S SO-CALLED 'LOST WEEKEND', 1974, Qty image 4
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Lot 238

The Beatles: PHOTOGRAPHS OF JOHN LENNON AND PAUL MCCARTNEY, TAKEN DURING JOHN'S SO-CALLED 'LOST WEEKEND',
1974, Qty

17 November 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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The Beatles: PHOTOGRAPHS OF JOHN LENNON AND PAUL MCCARTNEY, TAKEN DURING JOHN'S SO-CALLED 'LOST WEEKEND',

1974,
comprising: eighteen Polaroids, three colour prints and two black and white prints (copies, originals lost), as taken by Keith Moon's assistant, Peter 'Dougal' Butler, the majority unpublished, sold with copyright via deed of assignment, (Qty)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Ex-Lot 305, Entertainment Memorabilia, Bonhams London, 29th June 2011.

On 22nd March 1974, John and May Pang moved into a rented beach house in Santa Monica, This would be John's base for the next few weeks while he worked as producer on Harry Nilsson's album, Pussycats, at Warner Bros.' Burbank Studios. With Lennon 'in town', the house became a hub for musicians and friends and John held a series of get-togethers, when anybody could drop by and have a jam session.

Keith Moon and his assistant Dougal Butler arrived in Los Angeles on 1st April and, after a stay at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, on the 10th April moved into John's new rented house in Santa Monica, which had once been owned by actor Peter Lawford and his wife, Pat Kennedy, JFK's sister. One day Ringo Starr, Nilsson and Keith Moon were at the house and were joined by Paul and Linda McCartney, all then participating in a Beatles' song medley. John was asleep but joined the party around the pool in the afternoon. It was during these events that some of the photos offered here were taken, including the shot of John and Paul. Dougal Butler was not to know at the time, but this was the very last time that the pair were photographed together.

Literature:
Badman, Keith, The Beatles After The Break-Up 1970-2000, Omnibus Press, London, 1999.

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