The Beatles' only painting together, "Images of a Woman," was sold for $1,744,000 at a Christie's New York auction, about three times its initial estimate between $400,000 to $600,000.
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The Beatles were in the middle of a tour that had them play five shows in just three days at Japan’s famed Nippon Budokan arena but when they weren’t performing, they were holed up in the presidential suite of the Tokyo Hilton creating a work of art that came to be known as "Images of a Woman."
The Beatles made a painting together – up for auction on 1 February – while holed up in a Japanese hotel room. Its creation seemed to provide a moment of calm at a tumultuous time.
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