Artist
Ono, Yoko
Announcement (19 work / s)
Code FX0963 1/12 Artist's book
Grapefruit
1964-2005
"Grapefruit - A book of instructions + drawings"
In 1970's edition Y. Ono added fragments and illustrations
with introduction by J. Lennon
In 2000's edition there is a new introduction
Published by:
1. Wunternaum Press, Tokyo 1964
First Edition
Unnumbered pages, 14 x 14 cm.
Signed by the artist with dedication to P. Corner
2. Simon and Schuster, Rockefeller Center, N.Y. 1970
Introduction by John Lennon
Second Edition
Unnumbered pages, 14 x 14.5 cm.
3. Verlag Bärmeier & Nikel, Frankfurt 1970
Unnumbered pages, 13.5 x 14 cm.
All the pages are printed in violet ink
4. Sphere Books Limited, London 1970
Unnumbered pages, 13 x 13 cm.
5. Peter Owen Limited, London 1970
Unnumbered pages, 14 x 14 cm.
6. Ediciones de la Flor, Buenos Aires 1970
Unnumbered pages, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.
7. Simon and Schuster, Rockefeller Center, N.Y. 1971
Unnumbered pages, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.
8. Kodansha, Tokyo 1998
pp. 121, 15 x 10.5 cm.
ISBN4-06-263764-2
Japanese edition
9. Simon and Schuster, Rockefeller Center, N. Y. 2000
Unnumbered pages, 14.5 x 15 cm.
ISBN 0-7432-0110-8
10. Bakhall Printers & Publishers, Lund 2001
pp. 255, 21 x 13.5 cm.
Containing CD audio interview by the artist, No. FXM0600
ISBN 91-7742-185-X
11. Éditions Textuelle, Paris 2004
Unnumbered pages, 17 x 13.5 cm.
ISBN 2-84597-100-1
12. Piccola Biblioteca Oscar Mondadori, 2005, Milan
Unnumbered pages, 18 x 13 cm.
ISBN 88-04-53472-9
Audio documentation
J. Lennon and Y. Ono read some extracts from the Artist's Book
Recorded in 1971
Length: 06'33"
Included in "Let's have a dream", No. FX1547
Photo documentation by Gijsbert Hanekroot
Selfridges London, July 1971
Poster, b/w offset on paper
84 x 59.5 cm.
Exh.: 2012, Chiasso ; 2015, Rome ; 2019, London ; Bergamo, 2023.
Bibl.: "Fluxus. A Creative Revolution 1962-2012", Chiasso, 2012, p. 253 (#1) ; "Yoko Ono. Half-a-wind show. A Retrospective", exhibition catalogue, New York, 2013, pp. 52-122 ; "Fluxus! Antikunst ist auch Kunst", Köln, 2012, p. 101.
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