Kishin Shinoyama. John Lennon & Yoko Ono. Double Fantasy. Art Edition No․ 126–250 ‘Untitled’
Regular price $2,000.00Kishin Shinoyama’s widely unseen portrait series of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, shot at Ono’s request for the cover of the couple’s 1980 album, Double Fantasy. With exceptional access to the couple’s private apartment, Shinoyama immortalizes this iconic couple at a decisive moment in their personal and creative relationship, and just three months before Lennon’s untimely death.
Art Edition (No. 126–250), signed by Yoko Ono and Kishin Shinoyama, each with a pigment print signed by Shinoyama.
Art Edition (No. 126–250), signed by Yoko Ono and Kishin Shinoyama, each with a pigment print signed by Shinoyama.
“Shinoyama’s ability to capture Lennon and Ono in a subtle and candid manner provides an intimate glimpse into the couple’s later period in 1980.”
“…an intimate, in-depth look into the couple’s creative process.”
“Chronicling one of the most iconic and heartbreaking love stories of our time, [Double Fantasy] captures the many moments, both mundane and miraculous, that formulate a life in love…”
Edition of 125Pigment print on Hahnemühle PhotoRag paper, 25 x 35 cm on 30 x 40 cm paper, hardcover volume in clamshell box, clothbound, 31.2 x 43.9 cm, 174 pages
Partners in Life and Art
Intimate portraits of John and Yoko
Renowned for his sensual, provocative images, Kishin Shinoyama is one of Japan’s most controversial and acclaimed artists, at once hailed by critics and charged for public indecency.
His capacity for ease and intimacy is perhaps most poignantly expressed in his beautiful series of photographs of Yoko Ono and John Lennon, shot for the cover and promotion of the couple’s celebrated 1980 album, Double Fantasy, just three months before Lennon’s untimely death. Featuring many previously unseen images, the series resonates with a remarkable honesty, and immortalizes this iconic couple at a pivotal moment in their personal and creative relationship.
Art Edition (No. 125–250), signed by Yoko Ono and Kishin Shinoyama, each with a pigment print signed by Shinoyama.
Also available as a second Art Edition (No. 1–125) with an alternative signed print by Shinoyama and as a signed Collector’s Edition (No. 251–1,980).
His capacity for ease and intimacy is perhaps most poignantly expressed in his beautiful series of photographs of Yoko Ono and John Lennon, shot for the cover and promotion of the couple’s celebrated 1980 album, Double Fantasy, just three months before Lennon’s untimely death. Featuring many previously unseen images, the series resonates with a remarkable honesty, and immortalizes this iconic couple at a pivotal moment in their personal and creative relationship.
Art Edition (No. 125–250), signed by Yoko Ono and Kishin Shinoyama, each with a pigment print signed by Shinoyama.
Also available as a second Art Edition (No. 1–125) with an alternative signed print by Shinoyama and as a signed Collector’s Edition (No. 251–1,980).
The photographer
Kishin Shinoyama (1940–2024) began shooting award-winning advertising photography while still a student at Nihon University. He started working as a freelance photographer in 1968 and gained fame for his portraits, including those of Yukio Mishima, Momoe Yamaguchi, Rie Miyazawa, and John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and for his artistic nudes of women. His 1980 photoshoot with Lennon and Ono – which resulted in the cover image of their album Double Fantasy – was one of the last photos of Lennon ever taken.
Kishin Shinoyama. John Lennon & Yoko Ono. Double Fantasy. Art Edition No. 126–250 ‘Untitled’
Edition of 125Pigment print on Hahnemühle PhotoRag paper, 25 x 35 cm on 30 x 40 cm paper, hardcover volume in clamshell box, clothbound, 31.2 x 43.9 cm, 174 pagesISBN 978-3-8365-4972-1
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