The work was painted in July 1966, when the Fab Four were on tour in Japan. They ended up locked down in the presidential suite of the Tokyo Hilton at the request of local authorities who were concerned about their safety.
Whitaker's photo shows a paint palette of 21 compartments, a tube of vermilion squished to spout its vivid redness. The bristles of a handsome new wooden-handled brush have been dipped in the pigment... giving the entire thing a red background wash.
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