Knotted Gun Sculpture In Stockholm Editorial Image

Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd’s Non-Violence. A bronze sculpture depicting a Colt Python 357 Magnum revolver with its barrel tied in a knot, the work has become an international icon for peace and anti-gun sentiment. Non-Violence was created after the artist’s friend, John Lennon, was killed outside his apartment building in December of 1980. Commissioned by Lennon’s partner, Yoko Ono, it was first installed in 1988 outside of New York’s United Nations building, at a ceremony attended by Reuterswärd, Yoko Ono, and the UN Secretary General at the time, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.