*Please note the price is fixed for this item. It is not included in any of our periodic sales (e.g. Black Friday)!*
This poster is ultra rare and is displayed in the world`s most prestigious galleries such as MoMA in New York City. It is very difficult / almost impossible to find in any condition.
This is an original limited edition silkscreen print created in 1997 by legendary Japanese graphic artist Tadanori Yokoo to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Shiseido’s Eudermine, Japan’s most iconic skincare product. Commissioned by Shiseido, this dazzling composition fuses Art Nouveau, Taisho Romanticism, and Pop Art into a kaleidoscopic celebration of Japanese beauty culture.
Dominated by a central courtesan figure rendered in sensual ukiyo-e style, the poster features a bottle of the original Eudermine lotion and portraits of key Shiseido figures from 1897 to 1997. It is richly layered with historical iconography, turn-of-the-century advertising aesthetics, and Yokoo’s trademark surrealist collage techniques. The silver metallic and vividly colored inks shimmer with dimensionality, as only a high-quality silkscreen can achieve.
This edition was never sold commercially and was distributed only in limited quantities to mark the milestone. As such, it is extraordinarily rare, particularly in such immaculate condition. A vital piece of Japanese design history, it also stands as a beautiful example of Yokoo’s postmodern commercial art, where he transforms corporate commissions into personal myth-making.
Japan Poster Shop has acquired a substantial and unique collection of original Tadanori Yokoo posters from one of the most prolific collectors in Japan. This individual has a very colorful life story, having invested and dedicated many decades to his love for Tadanori Yokoo`s vibrant designs.
In today's world, when advanced reproduction techniques and printing methods have been developed, silkscreen printing can be said to be an extremely primitive and imperfect printing method. However, it is precisely because of this primitive imperfection that silkscreen printing has been highly developed.
It is a medium that retains a handcrafted, intimate feel like woodblock prints or lithographs, not found in offset or primary color printing, which are more common printing methods. Such handcrafted printing methods are themselves subcultural, and are therefore suitable as a means of printing posters for subcultural groups, in the sense that the medium is the message.
Please refer to the imagery (both front and back) as this is the exact poster that is for sale.
We have provided additional imagery as the condition is phenomenal!!
It is over 28 years old!
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
Certificate of Authenticity included.