Modern Design 
1 October 2000
Yoko Ono, Mend Piece for John from the S.M.S. Portfolio - Image 1 of 1
Modern Design 
Yoko Ono, Mend Piece for John from the S.M.S. Portfolio - Image 1 of 1
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Yoko Ono

Mend Piece for John from the S.M.S. Portfolio

Japan, 1968
box, plastic bag, tube of glue and ribbon 6 h × 6¼ w in (15 × 16 cm)
estimate: $700–900
result: $978
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In Ono's piece, dedicated to her famous husband, she calls for the owner to "Take your favorite cup. Break it in many pieces with a hammer. Repair it with this glue and this poem". From the edition of approximately 2000 published by Letter Edged in Black Press; this example is one of the 100 signed works. Signed in marker to enclosed slip of paper.

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