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0%ennon first met Yoko Ono on 9 November 1966 at the Indica Gallery in London, where Ono was preparing her conceptual art exhibit. They were introduced by gallery owner John Dunbar. Lennon was intrigued by Ono's Hammer A Nail: patrons hammered a nail into a wooden board, creating the art piece. Although the exhibition had not yet begun, Lennon wanted to hammer a nail into the clean board, but Ono stopped him. Dunbar asked her, 'Don't you know who this is? He's a millionaire! He might buy it.' According to Lennon's recollection in 1980, Ono had not heard of the Beatles, but she relented on condition that Lennon pay her five shillings, to which Lennon said he replied - I'll give you an imaginary five shillings and hammer an imaginary nail in. Ono subsequently related that Lennon had taken a bite out of the apple on display in her work Apple, much to her fury.
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