Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Antiquities and Modern and Contemporary Fine Arts | June 2015

Anonymous Mewar School, Rajasthan King with Courtiers and Musicians Gouache on paper, c.1800 Inscribed ‘ THIS INDIAN Watercolour OF A SPIRITUAL FIGURE SURROUNDED BY MUSICIANS WAS OWNED BY JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO AND WAS ABOVE THEIR PIANO IN THEIR REHEARSAL SPACE AT THE HIT FACTORY LOCATED AT WEST 48TH STREET IN NEWYORK CITY. DURING THE RECOVERY OF THE DOUBLE FANTACY ALBUM A PHOTOGRAPH OF JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO SEATED AT THE PIANO WITH THIS PAINTING ABOVE THEM APPEARS IN MY BOOK ‘SOMETIME IN NEWYORK ON PAGE 201/ DATED MAY 31, 1996/NEW YORK/NEWYORK’ on backboard of the frame. 22.4 x 17.5 in (57.0 x 44.5 cm) Provenance The Osian’s Collection; purchased from Julien’s Auction, Los Angeles in 2006; formerly from the Collection of Beatles Icon John Lennon & Yoko Ono ` 3,000,000 – 4,500,000 US 50,000 – 75,000 GBP 30,000 – 45,000 Antiquity / A.S.I. Registered A.S.I. No. DHL-I-7811 Non-Exportable Item A MEWAR MINIATURE FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BEATLES ICON JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO 4 The Beatles wrote many songs during their visit to Rishikesh: 30 by one count,[194] and “48 songs in seven weeks” by others.[195][196] Lennon said: “We wrote about thirty new songs between us. Paul [McCartney] must have done about a dozen. George [Harrison] says he’s got six, and I wrote fifteen”.[197] Many of the songs became part of the album The Beatles (aka the White Album), while other songs appeared on Abbey Road, and solo records. Several of the songs contained Eastern musical influences.[198] Recorded for The Beatles: “Back in the U.S.S.R.”[199] “Blackbird”[200] “Cry Baby Cry”[201] “Dear Prudence” (named after Prudence Farrow, who would not “come out and play”)[202] “Don’t Pass Me By”[60] (written by Starr) “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey”[203] “I Will”[204] “I’m So Tired”[205] “Julia”[206] “Long, Long, Long”[207] “Mother Nature’s Son” (inspired by a lecture given by the Maharishi)[208][209] “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”[210] “Revolution”[211] “Rocky Raccoon”[212] (co-written with Donovan and inspired by Bob Dylan’s new album John Wesley Harding, which they heard for the first time at Rishikesh)[198] “Sexy Sadie” (originally named “Maharishi” but changed to avoid libel)[213] “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill” (inspired by the son of an American student who went tiger hunting)[205] “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?” (inspired by monkeys mating in the road)[55] “Wild Honey Pie”[214] “Yer Blues”[215] Recorded for Abbey Road: “Mean Mr. Mustard”[206] “Polythene Pam”[206] Recorded for solo records and others: “Child of Nature” (reworked as “Jealous Guy” for Lennon’s Imagine)[216] “Circles” (on Gone Troppo in 1982) “Cosmically Conscious” (on Off the Ground in 1993) “Dehradun” (Harrison’s song, but never released)[217] “Junk” (on McCartney in 1970)[218] “Look at Me” (on John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band in 1970) [219] “Not Guilty” (on George Harrison in 1979) “The Rishikesh Song” (also called “The Happy Rishikesh Song”, but never released)[220] “Sour Milk Sea” (performed by Jackie Lomax and released on a single)[207] “Spiritual Regeneration/Happy Birthday Mike Love” (recorded on tape at Rishikesh)[109] “Teddy Boy” (on McCartney in 1970)[219] “What’s the New Mary Jane” (officially released on the 1996 compilation Anthology 3)[221] Donovan: “Happiness Runs”[222] “Hurdy Gurdy Man” (Harrison wrote a chorus which was not recorded)[223] “Lord of the Reedy River” (later recorded by Kate Bush)[224] Reprinted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_in_India 32