MADONNA ADORE STRICT 100 LIMITED TOKYO BOOK & SIGNED PHOTO w/ PROMO COA KENJI JP
$1,250.00
Description: M A D O N N A ADORE By Kenji Wakasugi STRICTLY LIMITED EDITIO of ONLY 100 With SIGNED MADONNA PRINT PHOTO #36 You are looking at very strict limited edition of ADORE Book by Kenji Wakasugi. There were only 100 of these published. This is #36 and comes with Certificate Of Authenticity and corresponding actual PHOTO of MADONNA from Kenji – Signed It was January 1985, Tokyo – Madonna’s first visit to Japan to promote the ‘Like a Virgin’ album. Photographer Kenji Wakasugi was allotted 45 minutes for a photo session, commissioned by Playboy Weekly Excite. In the studio there was one flash unit and one pink sofa, nothing else. Loaded with a mesh of now iconic references from early Gaultier and Westwood, to the Healthy Swimmer T-shirt and Boy Toy belt-buckle, the Takara Kronoform robot watch, to Maripol’s layered rubber and crucifix jewellery – time has done nothing to diminish the potency of these photographs. The opening and closing pages of ADORE offer a further insight into Kenji’s 80s nocturnal world. A myriad of street neon’s and bustling commuters but amongst all the noise are Kenji’s beautifully serene interiors. These delicate Japanese motifs of flowers, birds, even an eclipse, punctuate the chaos. This paradoxical meeting of culture and nature is central to all Kenji’s subsequent work as a serious artist. Published for the first time ADORE is the complete overview of the session – 200 pages include 324 frames, 10 contact sheets, together with 111 large format black and white portraits. Furthermore, the design of this art-book pays homage to Japanese 80s minimalism. The aqua cover features only the title ADORE debossed in ebony lettering. Madonna’s name is foiled in Japanese text on the accompanying canary yellow and neon pink bellybands (hand sewn) – the idea being that the book itself becomes an object of beauty. It is also worth noting that the entire first edition is bound in recycled paper made from coffee cup waste – taking some steps towards reducing environmental impact. The ‘Strictly Limited Edition’ includes a signed and numbered fine art digital print by Kenji Wakasugi. Printed on Legacy Baryta, archival satin finish, acid and lignin free paper. This image is EXCLUSIVE to the print only and does not appear large format within the book. This edition also includes the neon pink bellyband, together with signed and numbered certificate by Kenji Wakasugi. The prink bookmark has a slight crease in it – nothing that detracts from the beauty of value, but I like to describe as accurately as possible and still has been priced accordingly. Photo print is still sealed in original bag and pages are barely touched. Everything is here and complete in MINT Condition.
Description
M A D O N N A
ADORE
By Kenji Wakasugi
STRICTLY LIMITED EDITIO of ONLY 100
With SIGNED MADONNA PRINT PHOTO
With SIGNED MADONNA PRINT PHOTO
#36
You are looking at very strict limited edition of ADORE Book by Kenji Wakasugi. There were only 100 of these published. This is #36 and comes with Certificate Of Authenticity and corresponding actual PHOTO of MADONNA from Kenji – Signed
You are looking at very strict limited edition of ADORE Book by Kenji Wakasugi. There were only 100 of these published. This is #36 and comes with Certificate Of Authenticity and corresponding actual PHOTO of MADONNA from Kenji – Signed
It was January 1985, Tokyo – Madonna’s first visit to Japan to promote the ‘Like a Virgin’ album. Photographer Kenji Wakasugi was allotted 45 minutes for a photo session, commissioned by Playboy Weekly Excite. In the studio there was one flash unit and one pink sofa, nothing else. Loaded with a mesh of now iconic references from early Gaultier and Westwood, to the Healthy Swimmer T-shirt and Boy Toy belt-buckle, the Takara Kronoform robot watch, to Maripol’s layered rubber and crucifix jewellery – time has done nothing to diminish the potency of these photographs.
The opening and closing pages of ADORE offer a further insight into Kenji’s 80s nocturnal world. A myriad of street neon’s and bustling commuters but amongst all the noise are Kenji’s beautifully serene interiors. These delicate Japanese motifs of flowers, birds, even an eclipse, punctuate the chaos. This paradoxical meeting of culture and nature is central to all Kenji’s subsequent work as a serious artist.
Published for the first time ADORE is the complete overview of the session – 200 pages include 324 frames, 10 contact sheets, together with 111 large format black and white portraits. Furthermore, the design of this art-book pays homage to Japanese 80s minimalism. The aqua cover features only the title ADORE debossed in ebony lettering. Madonna’s name is foiled in Japanese text on the accompanying canary yellow and neon pink bellybands (hand sewn) – the idea being that the book itself becomes an object of beauty. It is also worth noting that the entire first edition is bound in recycled paper made from coffee cup waste – taking some steps towards reducing environmental impact.
The ‘Strictly Limited Edition’ includes a signed and numbered fine art digital print by Kenji Wakasugi. Printed on Legacy Baryta, archival satin finish, acid and lignin free paper. This image is EXCLUSIVE to the print only and does not appear large format within the book. This edition also includes the neon pink bellyband, together with signed and numbered certificate by Kenji Wakasugi.
The prink bookmark has a slight crease in it – nothing that detracts from the beauty of value, but I like to describe as accurately as possible and still has been priced accordingly.
Photo print is still sealed in original bag and pages are barely touched.
Everything is here and complete in MINT Conditi
