May 05, 2003 - Sale 1970

Sale 1970 - Lot 112

Price Realized: $ 3,220
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
[HANGI DAITOKAN.] 1970.
423/4x301/2 inches.
Condition B+: repaired tear in right margin; pinholes in top left and right margins; minor creases in margins and image; minor discoloration in margins. Silk-screen. Paper.
Here, to advertise a book by Tatsumi Hijikata, Yokoo employs a technique which he was fond of, that of reusing an old poster design for a new purpose. For this image he has retooled his poster for a La Maison de M. Cizecawa. The calligraphy in the middle of the poster (In Chinese) was drawn by the famous writer Mishima, one of the most influential writers of his generation and the mentor of Tatsumi Hijikata. Yokoo p. 197 no. 812.