London
(ANI):
Yoko
Ono
has
come
under
fire
over
significantly
altered
prints
of
artworks
by
her
late
husband
John
Lennon,
which
have
been
sold
for
millions
of
pounds.
The
former
Beatle,
who
was
shot
dead
in
1980,
was
a
student
at
the
Liverpool
College
of
Art.
He
produced
three
books
of
black-and-white
illustrations,
and
prints
of
these
works,
overseen
by
Ono,
have
been
offered
for
sale
in
Britain
and
America.
However,
some
have
been
coloured
in,
issued
as
limited
edition
prints
and
stamped
with
Lennon's
special
insignia.
In
some
cases,
it
is
claimed
extra
characters
may
have
been
added.
Gary
Arseneau,
a
Florida-based
artist
and
creator
of
original
lithographs
who
has
investigated
the
sales,
claims
that
the
works
should
not
be
sold
under
Lennon's
name.
"This
is
work
that
John
Lennon
has
never
seen,
never
created,
never
approved,
and
never
signed.
The
dead
don't
create
artwork," Times
Online
quoted
him
as
saying.
Ono,
however,
strongly
denies
that
her
late
husband's
work
has
in
any
way
been
misrepresented.
She
admitted
that
colour
was
added
to
some
of
Lennon's
drawings
after
his
death,
but
buyers
of
the
limited
edition
prints
are
told
of
any
changes.