David Bowie Limited Edition 40th Anniversary Scary Monsters Print Official

Official Archival Pigment Ink Print Direct From The Duffy Archive. This limited-edition trio of prints has been compiled to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) album which was released on the 12th of September 1980. The prints are reproduced on Permajet Titanium silver paper which has a delicate metallic sheen and mounted to A2 Size 16.5 x 23.4 Inches /. In a soft silver mount (matching our Aladdin Sane Silver Collection) Prints limited to 500 and ghosted with the Duffy signature and hand-numbered on the front by Chris Duffy.

This session was the fifth session that Duffy shot with David Bowie, Duffy had given up stills photography but David persuaded Duffy to do one final album cover with him. As Duffy had closed his own studio the shoot was taken in Chris Duffy's studio in Little Russell Street, London (later to become the Cartoon Museum).

Chris assisted his father and shot the images for the PR campaign. The central image was used in the 7 singles released from the album and Chris has remastered the'stamps' around the edges. Originally Bowie had used a marker pen on the'stamps' creating graffiti imagery.

Bowie had requested costume designer Natasha Korniloff to make him'the most beautiful clown in the circus' and this Pierrot costume - referencing his work with mime artist Lindsay Kemp - was exhibited as part of the'David Bowie is' exhibition. Richard Sharah was the makeup artist introduced to Bowie by Steve Strange of the Blitz Club. Bowie describes this album as'wrapping up the 70's. Due to the limited nature of the edition, all prints will be sent in number order as a first come first served basis. Limited and Signed editions are available in a range of different sizes.

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