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John Lennon Remembered

Painting
1988 (made)
Artist/Maker
Barbara Nessim (artist)
Place of origin
New York (City) (made)

Portrait of John Lennon

Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
painting
TitleJohn Lennon Remembered (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Brush and gouache, coloured
Gouache
Paper
Brush
Brief description
John Lennon Remembered, artwork by Barbara Nessim for Rolling Stone magazine cover, 20 October 1988
Physical description
Portrait of John Lennon
Dimensions
  • Mount width: 455mm
  • Mount height: 560mm
  • Paper width: 280mm
  • Paper height: 365mm
Gallery label
(2013)
Barbara Nessim: An Artful Life (V&A, 2013; Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 2014-15)

Lennon Remembered
1988

This is the original hand-produced artwork for the cover of a 1988 issue of Rolling Stone magazine. The accompanying article followed the publication of Albert Goldman’s controversial biography of John Lennon, who died in 1980. The magazine is shown below.

Brush and gouache, coloured
Museum no. E.63-2013
Credit line
Given by the artist
Subjects depicted
John Lennon
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.63-2013

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Record createdNovember 23, 2012
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1257739/john-lennon-remembered-painting-barbara-nessim/
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