Abbey Road : John LennonImagineFolio

Introducing the John Lennon Imagine Folio in collaboration with Yoko Ono Lennon. This pair of A3 limited-edition prints, exclusive to the Abbey Road Shop, detail facsimiles of John Lennons drawings and handwritten lyrics. The announcement of the Imagine Folio is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Lennons iconic album Imagine, released on 9 September 1971; this is the first time John Lennon prints have been available to buy at Abbey Road Studios.

The two prints are replicas of original John Lennon artworks, the first depicting Lennons familiar self-portraits, originally made in 1968 for a self-published brochure of John & Yokos films titled On Film No.5 and Two Virgins.

The original drawing for Film No. 5 (Smile), contained 16 faces that mimicked the progression of Johns smile in the slow-motion film, which sat alongside Yokos essays in the brochure. The second print combines two separate John Lennon p