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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Lucinda Cameron

Rare John Byrne painting of The Beatles to go under hammer

A painting of The Beatles is among the artworks being sold (Stewart Attwood/PA) -

Paintings by the late John Byrne including a rare picture of The Beatles bought by the artist’s local priest are to go under the hammer at auction.

In the painting, created in 1969, Byrne represents each Beatle seated beside a “spirit animal” while Yoko Ono is seen in a crystal ball held by John Lennon.

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