John Lennon: An original drawing entitled 'Treasure Ivan',
1964, pen and black ink on a sheet of plain paper, unsigned but titled, inscribed in unknown hand Reverse L to R and 43 in blue ink, 8in x 10in (20.5cm x 25.5cm)
Footnotes
This drawing of 'Large John Saliver' with the 'Parable on his shouldy' is an affectionate parody of Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island', one of John's favourite childhood books. It appears on p.43 of John's first collection of verse, stories and drawings, 'In His Own Write', published by Jonathan Cape in the UK in March 1964.
Provenance: The Tom Maschler Collection. As Literary Editor at Jonathan Cape, Maschler was heavily involved in the production of both of John's books in 1964 and 1965. As a gesture of thanks, John presented him with the original drawings and manuscripts.
All rights of reproduction reserved to the Estate of the late John Lennon.
It has come to our attention that Lot 133 of the Entertainment Memorabilia auction contained a number of photographs taken and owned by David Bailey. One of these photographs featuring Mick Jagger taken through a fish eye lens was reproduced on the cover of the auction catalogue and on our website. We have removed those photographs from the Lot and changed the catalogue cover and our website
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