From Father to Son

Father's Day is coming up pretty quickly and we couldn't think of a more appropriate book to highlight than Real Love: The Drawings for Sean by John Lennon.

The colorful art found inside this collection were images created by John with and for his son, Sean, during the five short years they had together.

We're honored to be able to share this book with the world. Fathers and sons bond in many different ways, but art and images that last forever in a book like this is a true gift.


Happy Father's Day!

John & Yoko

John Lennon married Yoko Ono on March 20th, 1969. 

In November 1980, on the eve of John Lennon's untimely death, photographer Allan Tannenbaum had unique and total access to John and Yoko, who were emerging from five years of seclusion and avoiding the media. As one of the few photographers with whom John and Yoko were close, Tannenbaum was privileged to be able to capture many intimate moments between the two. John cherished these images of Yoko and was moved by their beauty and grace. The result is this moving book of photography about John and Yoko together, in the last weeks of his life.

"The photos are beautiful and give one a sense of intimacy of John and Yoko's life together."  - David P. Reader

John & Yoko - A New York Love Story

Yoko Ono shares many of these photographs on her Facebook page and she's getting ready to release a collection of John's artwork published by Insight Editions this fall in John Lennon, The Collected Artwork.

Real Love: Drawings for Sean was released in 2011.

Make Art Not War

John Lennon is an artist that continues to influence musicians and artists. In his book of illustrated art he created with and for his son, Sean, we see another side of John as his playful and creative genius shines through in the fun and quirky drawings that are captured in this collection.

Real love means different things to different people but for this father and son, their shared love for art and nature are expressed on every page of this colorful book for kids, and the parents who love them.

Real Love: The Drawings for Sean
Hardcover / 48 pages
$16.95

Limited Editions for die-hard fans

Our Limited Edition items make great gift ideas for the die-hard fans on your holiday list. Check out these amazing collector's items:

• Sculpting a Galaxy: Inside the Star Wars Model Shop
• Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars
• The Experience: Jimi Hendrix at Mason's Yard
• Elvis at 21: New York to Memphis
• Rolling Stones 40 x 20
• Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork
• The Beatles in India
• John & Yoko: A New York Love Story

Titles are limited, so be sure to add these to your collection before they're no longer available.

John Lennon's drawings for Sean

John Lennon became a father, for the second time, in 1975. Without realizing he would only have five short years with his youngest son, John took his role as father quite seriously.

"Real Love: Drawings for Sean," is a collection of artwork created by John, for and with his son, Sean, and it is this book that introduces these images to the world for the first time.

With a beautiful introduction by Yoko Ono, readers are drawn into this collection with an understanding of just what these illustrations mean to the Lennon family.

This is a simple book featuring bright and whimsical art from John Lennon that will inspire creativity, encourage more quality time between parent and child and remind us all to enjoy every moment we spend together.