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Bed Peace [John and Yoko: The Bed-In] (John Lennon + Yoko Ono, 1969)
May
05
1969
Someone holds up a letter with John in the background who takes an amused drag from his cigarette. DP: Nicholas D. Knowland.
“on the fifth of May, Lisa[?] Minelli makes the bed.”
– John Lennon
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Happy Birthday to John [Happy Birthday John Lennon] (Jonas Mekas, 1995)
Oct
9
1972
A rectangular birthday cake with a chocolate acoustic guitar spells out Happy Birthday John From Yoko And The Whole World. Presumed DP: Jonas Mekas.
On October 9th, 1972 an exhibition of John and Yoko's art – designed by the Master of the Fluxus movement, George Maciunas and curated by David Ross – opened at the Syracuse Museum of Art in New York. On the same day, an unusual group of John and Yoko's friends, including Ringo Starr, Allen Ginsberg, and Paul Krasner, gathered to celebrate John's birthday.
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Bed Peace [John and Yoko: The Bed-In] (John Lennon + Yoko Ono, 1969)
Aug
27
white
John and Yoko in their bed, dressed in all-white, framed by flowers. DP: Nicholas D. Knowland.
White, in food or fashion*
“Remember love, remember love
Love is what it takes to dream”
– Yoko Ono, Remember Love (1969)
While the press expected the newlyweds' “bed-in” to be a scandalous nude affair, the two lovers showed up in all-white – like angels, as John put it. Surrounded by journalists and friends, John and Yoko imaged peace.
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