John Lennon Duffy 1965 Official Photographic Print The Beatles
Official Archival Pigment Ink Print Direct From The Duffy Archive. Shot by Duffy in 1965, shortly after the Beatles USA tour which included their legendary Shea Stadium performance that was filmed and released in 1966. Lennon told Duffy the device he is holding was a UFO detector from a New York novelty store. It was, in fact, a device called a'Nothing Box' created by the infamous'Magic' Alex Mardas, a Greek electronics engineer who became head of The Beatles company'Apple Electronics. The sealed unit blinked its 8 lights continuously for a year without the ability to be turned off or repaired. Lennon was very fond of Magic Alex and this device, using it to aid his psychedelic LSD trips. Duffy and Lennon were great friends. Lennon often visited the studio or came to the house for dinner. On one occasion he asked if it was okay to bring his friend Ringo.
Duffy also photographed Lennon for a book cover along with Paul McCartney at CTS studios with the'Fifth Beatle' George Martin. George Harrison was snapped at the Monaco Grand Prix in 1966 with Pattie Boyd. Unfortunately, there are no known photographs of Ringo Starr in the archive.
Unsigned Mounted Open Edition Prints. Our Standard Archival Quality Pigment Ink Print is approx.
(19.05cm x 19.05cm) in 12.4? (31.5cm x 31.5cm) Mounts - handmade and printed in the Duffy Archive from the original photographic negatives. All of our images are ready to frame, supplied with a choice of either a black or white acid-free mount. A mount is a paper-based border around framed images between the frame and the image. The mount adds an extra decorative element and also prevents the image from making contact with the glass.
Our Standard Size open-edition prints are the same size as a 12.4 vinyl album sleeve for convenient framing. As with all our prints, each open edition is embossed with the Duffy Archive stamp.
The reverse of each frame has a sticker detailing the session's history and a hand-stamped logo from Duffy's old camera cases. This print is now available as a larger Gallery Print.
Our Gallery Archival Quality Pigment Ink Prints come ready to frame in a 19.75" x 19.75" (50cm x 50cm) mount with an image size of approx. 10.5"x 10.5" (27cm x 27cm). Limited and Signed editions are available.