Object of the Day

John Lennon and Yoko Ono Christmas Card to Joseph Cornell

December 25

Christmas card to artist and filmmaker Joseph Cornell, featuring a print of the Statue of Liberty, with her torch-holding hand replaced with a black-gloved fist. The front of the card reads "Happy Xmas (war is over), Love, John & Yoko."

John Lennon and Yoko Ono Christmas card to Joseph Cornell

Place of publication, production, or execution
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Physical Description
1 Christmas card : signed ; 13 x 09 cm.
Summary
Date based on postmark.
Front of card features a half-tone print of the Statue of Liberty, with her torch-holding hand replace with a black-gloved fist. Beneath the image is the text: Happy Xmas (war is over), love, John & Yoko.
Back of card features a red stamp of a doodle of John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Citation
John Lennon. John Lennon and Yoko Ono Christmas card to Joseph Cornell, 1971 Dec. 23. Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note
Current copyright status is undetermined
Location Note
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
Data Source
Archives of American Art
Creator
Lennon, John, 1940-1980
Cornell, Joseph
Subject
Ono, Yoko
Date
1971 Dec. 23
Type
Correspondence