"TADANORI YOKOO - 100 Posters Of Tadanori Yokoo", Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Offset 1978, Ultra Rare, SIGNED, B2 Size (c.51.5 x 72.8 cm)
This is an original Japanese offset poster printed in the 1978. 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.
100 Posters of Tadanori Yokoo (1978) — Signed Original Japanese B2 Offset Poster
This is an original Japanese offset poster printed in 1978 to promote 100 Posters of Tadanori Yokoo—a kaleidoscopic self-retrospective that celebrated the first decade of the designer’s ground-breaking work.
We personally had this B2-format example (728 × 515 mm) signed by Tadanori Yokoo on 3 June 2025; a Certificate of Authenticity issued by his studio is included. Condition is near mint.
The design is a tour-de-force of Yokoo’s late-’70s pop-surreal vocabulary. A wide-eyed, vampiric heroine—blood-tipped fangs bared—dominates the centre, her brow crowned by a dripping, numbered fish that evokes Japanese kabuki props and psychedelic body art. Radiating red-and-blue sunbursts recall both the rising-sun flag and Sixties poster psychedelia, while the border explodes with cosmic and spiritual references: twin depictions of the Hindu god Shiva float against a star-strewn night sky, Saturn’s rings gleam overhead, and a Pop-art planet Jupiter hovers nearby. Collaged vignettes book-end the heroine: at left, a halftone baby sits beneath Yokoo’s recurring “1½” motif; at right, an image of actor Ken Takakura—tattooed with raw poetry—slashes the yellow field with a blood-red sword. Together, these elements form a meta-poster that advertises a hundred other Yokoo posters, distilling the artist’s obsession with self-sampling, Eastern mysticism, and mass-media spectacle.
Japan Poster Shop recently acquired an exceptional cache of Yokoo originals from one of Japan’s most devoted collectors—an individual who spent decades tracing every iteration of Yokoo’s vibrant oeuvre. Dubbed “Japan’s Warhol,” Yokoo fused ukiyo-e compositions, Pop-art palettes, and avant-garde collage into a visual language that influenced global design and earned him early inclusion in MoMA’s 1968 exhibition Word and Image.
Please examine the listing images (front, back, signature, blind-stamp) as they show the exact poster for sale.
1. Over 46 years old—not a reproduction or reprint
2. B2 size (728 × 515 mm); rich colours, clean margins, crisp paper
3. Signed in black marker by Tadanori Yokoo on 3 June 2025
4. COA from Yokoo Studio included
A museum-grade opportunity to own one of Yokoo’s most exuberant self-promotional posters, complete with fresh artist signature and bullet-proof provenance documentation.
Please refer to the imagery (both front and back) as this is the exact poster that is for sale.
It is over 46 years old!
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
