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.
https://www.mplus.org.hk/en/collection/objects/jasrac-2016178/
“JASRAC—日本音楽著作権協会”, Tadanori Yokoo, 1988
Original Silkscreen Print on Paper, B1 Size (103 × 73 cm | 40.6 × 28.7 in)
Psychedelia meets symphonic history in a dazzling ode to Japanese musical legacy.
This is an original 1988 silkscreen print by the legendary Japanese graphic artist Tadanori Yokoo, titled “JASRAC”, created for the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC). In this exuberant and densely layered work, Yokoo honors Japan’s musical heritage, featuring portraits of composers Kosaku Yamada and Rentarō Taki, framed by radiant florals, mythic cherubs, and hallucinatory gradients of neon pink, acid yellow, and electric green.
True to his signature style, Yokoo orchestrates an opulent collage of East and West, merging ukiyo-e aesthetics, Baroque pastiche, and postwar Pop. Central motifs like the gramophone and shamisen-playing figure evoke nostalgia and modernity in equal measure, while checkerboard patterns and pop color fields recall his work for artists such as The Beatles and Miles Davis.
A master of visual anachronism and irony, Yokoo’s designs helped define the graphic vocabulary of 20th-century Japan. This piece stands as a rare and electrifying print from his prolific late-80s period.
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 37 years old!
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
*Please note the price is fixed for this item. It is not included in any of our periodic sales (e.g. Black Friday)!*