Feb 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2695 -

Sale 2695 - Lot 318

Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000

TADANORI YOKOO (1936- )

HAVING REACHED A CLIMAX AT THE AGE OF 29, I WAS DEAD. 1965.

40x28¾ inches, 101½x73 cm.
Condition A. Silkscreen. Matted and framed.

Yokoo, who can be credited as the artist who introduced Pop Art to Japan, did much of his earliest work in silkscreen, resulting in brighter colors. He designed this poster for the Persona Exhibition at Tokyo's Matsuya department store in November, 1965. The image, commenting as it was on the stifling nature of Japanese society on artists, was shocking, sensational and became an instant classic. It is extremely rare to find posters from Tadanori Yokoo's early career during which his printing runs were short and few were kept.

Yokoo 280, Modern Poster 275, Word and Image p. 126, Avant Garde p. 184, Plakatkunst p. 168, Encyclopedie de l'Affiche p. 273, Yokoo / Veyrier p. 1, Yokoo / 100 Posters p. 17, MoMA 696.1966.
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