The Complete Tadanori Yokoo. Kodan sha, Tokyo, 1971. 330 pp. Small thick quarto. First edition. Stiff photo-illustrated wrappers with photo-illustrated gatefolds. Printed slipcase with (rare) printed obi (bellyband). Numerous reproductions of graphic work and photographs in color and black-and-white.
Graphic designer, animator, and photographer Tadanori Yokoo is one of the most compelling figures of post-war Japanese art. He is arguably Japan's most important contemporary graphic artist. This compendium of his early work shows him at his most outrageous - morphing western urban pop and psycedelic influences, with references to Kabuki portraits and traditional Japanese subjects and techniques - all through the lens the 60's cultural mayhem. It is much more inclusive of his early works than the more common 1981 monograph. An important and very scarce look at Yokoo's in the 60's. Very few copies made it to the US.
Near Fine+; slight tilt and very minor creasing to spine; Fine- slipcase lightly rubbed; Near Fine; two small tears; moderate wear. |
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