John Lennon Bag One Portfolio Bag

A plastic portfolio bag that was used to house John Lennon’s 1969 Bag One series of lithographs.

• White plastic carrying case.
• Printed signature of John Lennon on front of bag.
• Printed black text.
• Lithographs are not included.

The series of drawings once housed in this case were first published under the title Bag One and exhibited in January, 1970 at the London Art Gallery. On its second day of viewing, the exhibition was closed by Scotland Yard and the lithographs were confiscated because of their highly intimate and erotic nature. The case was ultimately dismissed when the magistrate decided that John's prints were ‘Unlikely to deprave or corrupt’. The portfolio still contains the original card inners which are normally removed and the original name tag is still present.