Omizuao (SIGNED)

Masao Yamamoto
Omizuao (SIGNED)

Photographs: Masao Yamamoto

Publisher: Nazraeli Press

Year: 2004

Comments: Leporello in a wooden box, 30,5 x 10,2 cm. Edition of 1000. In excellent condition other a tiny hole on the box lid. Signed by Masao Yamamoto.

Ômizuao is an accordion-bound “pillow book,” a collection of landscapes, flowers and female nudes. The artist has used the accordion format to create an installation which measures some 14 feet when fully opened, but which can also be viewed as 45 individual spreads. Beautifully printed in process color on uncoated art paper, Ômizuao is hand bound in two clear-lacquered hardwood covers, and presented in a matching wooden box. Many of the images it includes were made specifically for this book, and are presented here for the first time.