Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite: the poster that inspired The Beatles

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Welcome to Kite. We create fascinating, exclusive art prints in open and limited editions

Starting with our famous reproduction of John Lennon’s Victorian circus poster that inspired The Beatles’ Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite!, we go to extraordinary lengths to produce beautiful, museum-quality art that lasts a lifetime.

From our studio in London, England we ship prints all over the world and the people who buy our work love what we make.

Prints

Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite – Limited edition print – Unframed

Limited Edition 'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite' Letterpress Print from £220.00

2269: A Global Celebration of Imagination, Exploration & Progress from £89.00

Stephen Hawking's Time Travellers Invitation: Open Edition from £49.00

Stephen Hawking's Time Travellers Invitation: Limited Edition Print (handmade paper) Sold Out

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, Squared from £49.00

Café Terrace at Night by Vincent Van Gogh, Squared from £49.00

Portrait of Lunia Czechowska by Amedeo Modigliani, Squared from £49.00

Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh, Squared from £49.00

The Scream by Edvard Munch, Squared from £49.00

Portrait of Armand Roulin by Vincent Van Gogh, Squared from £49.00

Sunflowers (blue/green background) by Vincent Van Gogh, Squared from £49.00

Elephant Needed at Once: A 'Vintage Mashups' Open Edition Print from £49.00

Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite: A Limited Edition Print

In 1967 John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote a song called Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! for the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band!. The inspiration – and many of the lyrics – came from a letterpress-printed circus poster from 1843 that Lennon had bought in an antiques shop.

We have lovingly recreated that poster, using antique wooden and metal type as well as specially-commissioned wood engravings. Every print is hand-pulled on a Victorian press and individually numbered.

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Stephen Hawking's Time Travellers Invitation

Professor Stephen Hawking devised an ingeniously simple experiment to determine whether time travel into the past was possible. The success of the experiment entirely depends on his invitation being seen by time travellers.

To tie in with this experiment, and with Professor Hawking's approval, we have created this poster printed in two letterpress limited editions and an open edition. It was meticulously assembled using antique wooden and metal type. Purchasing this print may help to prove that time travel is possible!

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