Forbidden Fruit
Yoko had a unique art piece, Apple, on display at Indica. It was a simple piece, just an apple on top of a Plexiglass stand, but it was going for 200 quid (which is equivalent to $262). John was “astounded” at the piece of work and later told reporters that the piece intrigued him because he “didn’t have to have much knowledge about avant-garde or underground art.”
Yoko Ono and her Apple art with a bite taken out of it. Photo by Associated Newspapers / Shutterstock
So what did John do? He grabbed the apple off of the stand at took a huge bite out of it. “I was so furious, I didn’t know what to say,” Yoko told reporters from the Museum of Modern Art. “And it all showed in my face: How dare this person mess around with my work? So he just said, ‘I’m sorry,’ and just put it on the stand again.”