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Adore - 1st Blue Book & Yellow Obi + Signed Certificate

MADONNA Adore (2021 UK limited first edition 152-page hardback art book by Kenji Wakasugi, featuring over 100 previously unseen photographs of Madonna taken by the renowned Japanese photographer during her 1985 visit to Tokyo. Published in a limited run of just 700 numbered copies. This beautifully produced large-format volume is presented in a pale blue hardback cover with striking yellow obi-style wrap printed with Madonna' in Japanese katakana. Complete with a Certificateof Authenticity, numbered and individually hand-signed by Kenji. A highly sought-after collector’s item documenting a unique portrait session from the peak of Madonna’s mid-80s stardom)

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Price Info
$389.40, £295.00  
Product Availability Last copy in stock. Order now for shipping on Monday 3rd November
Release Year 2021 - 4 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format book
Record Label NJG
Complete Stock List Go to Madonna or visit our Madonna collectors store
Product Catalogue No 978-1-9160718-2-7
Music Genre 90's Pop, 00s Artists, 80's Pop, Female Solo, POP
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

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 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.


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Recording Artist Madonna
Product Title Adore - 1st Blue Book & Yellow Obi + Signed Certificate
Product Information Madonna Adore - 1st Blue Book & Yellow Obi + Signed Certificate UK book.
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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