A confused produce manager watched what he was doing, and Frampton ended up purchasing half a dozen lemons.

Frampton had discussed James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses with Huot and told him about a statistical study performed on the text.

[2] Frampton was financially successful with Lemon, in part because of the low cost to produce the film.

[3] In a review for the Chicago Reader, Fred Camper called the film "elegant and humorous", comparing the lighting effects to lunar phases.

[5] Lemon was released for home media in 2012, as part of the Criterion Collection's A Hollis Frampton Odyssey on Blu-ray and DVD.

His 2010 Untitled, shown at the British Art Show, recreates Lemon as a digital animation.