UPDATE: This lot description has been revised to note that, as stated in the provenance letter, the drawing is a self-portrait profile sketch done by Lennon.
Vintage ballpoint signatures, "John Lennon" and "Ringo,” on the reverse of an off-white 5.25 x 3.25 bar slip, on which Lennon has drawn a great self-portrait profile sketch. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original ticket stub for the Beatles show at the Eskilstuna Sporthall in Sweden on October 29, 1963, and a letter of provenance from the original recipient, in full: "After the Beatles concert in Eskilstuna Sporthall on Tuesday the 29th October 1963, I was invited to meet the Beatles in the bar at the Eskilstuna Staff Hotel. There in the bar, John Lennon made this drawing." The multi-talented Lennon was a prolific doodler, and would publish In His Own Write—a book of his nonsense poems and illustrations—in the following year. A hugely desirable piece of original artwork by John Lennon, enhanced by the signature of the Beatles' legendary drummer.
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