This picture was sent to me recently by a friend asking what I could tell him about the bronzes. Apparently the picture was taken at Sothebys in 1969 when this bronze was sold. They were cast in 1964 by the sculptor, David Wynes, the same man who did the Boy with a Dolphin on Cheyne Walk, the Fred Perry bronze outside the Centre Court at Wimbledon, and the Queen Elizabeth Gates by Hyde Park Corner.
According to Wynne he contacted Brian Epstein asking if the Beatles would sit for him. Epstein was not confident they would and so Wynne went to Paris, where the band was staying at the Hôtel George V. "Beatlemania was at its height and there were police everywhere. I went up to their room, and found they were not too keen at first. But eventually Ringo said OK. The clay model I made seemed to meet with their approval, so I went on and did them all. After that we got on rather well. I took them out to dinner, which they found useful because I could speak French."
Six casts were eventually made and all soon sold, with Wynne keeping a proof for himself.The proof sold in 2004 for £75,000
