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John Lennons This Is Not Here Shirt With Photo ID

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John Lennons This Is Not Here Shirt With Photo ID
The Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York served as the venue in which the “This Is Not Here” exhibition was held for three weeks in October 1971. Showcasing the works of Yoko Ono, with John Lennon as the featured guest artist, the exhibition opened on the occasion of Lennon’s 31st birthday. Howard Sklar, then a Syracuse University art student, explains how he obtained this item in this excerpt from his highly entertaining LOA: “...On a whim, I dressed in a wide brim hat, sunglasses, a fur coat and knee boots, and managed to bluff my way into the first news conference under the guise of being SOMEONE. Based primarily on the fact that I looked like I belonged to John and Yoko’s entourage I let myself be swept along...After the first day John thought I was with Yoko’s art exhibit, and I think Yoko thought I was a friend of John. To my surprise they asked me to curate...the water room, where friends and celebrities sent objects that held water...During the set-up, at one point John asked me to do a favor for Yoko, saying if I would do it he would give me the shirt off his back. I accepted, which is how I came to own his “THIS IS NOT HERE” t-shirt...I continued to work for them for weeks, with no one questioning who I was or how I got there. I must have done a good job!” Quite a story! The well-worn, slightly faded t-shirt with silk-screened ‘THIS IS NOT HERE’ is a size medium (38-40). The shirt is housed in a beautiful 31 x 36” shadowbox frame and comes with Sklar’s LOA, additional supporting documentation and a Xerox photocopy showing John wearing the shirt at the exhibit.