“TADANORI YOKOO – Greeting”, Japanese Contemporary Art / Psychedelic Poster, Original Offset Lithograph 1972, Hand Signed, Ultra Rare, B1 Size (c.73 × 103 cm)
This is an original Japanese offset poster printed in 1972 for Tadanori Yokoo’s iconic Greeting design, produced for the Haizuka Printing Company (often catalogued as Greeting (Haizuka Printing Company)).
What makes this already scarce B1 poster even more desirable is the bold hand‑signature by Yokoo across the lower margin—signed Yokoo posters from the early 1970s are genuinely uncommon, and this example presents as an especially strong collector’s copy.
Tadanori Yokoo – Greeting (1972)
A surreal, apocalyptic love‑vision: an embracing couple floats mid‑air, wrapped in a sweeping red drape, suspended against a deep twilight gradient that shifts from midnight blue through violet to burning gold. Below, a crowd of contorted bodies—rendered in Yokoo’s hypnotic linework and acid greens, yellows and pale greys—spills down into a stark blood‑red river or sea. Fine red streaks slash diagonally across the sky like meteors or falling embers, while a tiny pyramid‑like structure glows on the horizon and robed onlookers stand at the edge of the scene, as if witnessing a revelation. The word “GREETING” floats across the top in eerie, spaced-out green lettering, turning what should be a simple message into something haunting, theatrical, and unforgettable—exactly the kind of visual jolt that made Yokoo a defining voice of Japanese poster art.
Although it was commissioned as a commercial work for a printing company, Greeting has long been recognized as far more than “advertising”: the image sits comfortably alongside Yokoo’s most museum‑worthy 1970s output. A copy of Greeting is held in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, and the work is also in the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo collection (titled Greeting (Haizuka Printing Company)), underscoring its significance. The M+ (Hong Kong) collection also records Greeting (including later reprinted examples), reflecting how widely studied and collected this particular design has become.
One of Japan’s most influential graphic artists, Yokoo is celebrated for fusing Pop, Surrealism, theatre, and Japanese visual tradition into posters that feel like compact dream‑worlds—simultaneously beautiful, confrontational, and strangely emotional. His best works from the late 1960s and 1970s are now considered landmarks of international graphic design, and they continue to influence contemporary poster makers, fashion imagery, and album-art aesthetics.
Rarity and condition
Large-format B1 Yokoo originals from the early 1970s are hard to find in clean, unbacked condition, because most were displayed publicly and typically show tears, pinholes, heavy creasing, or major fading. Add the fact that this copy is hand signed, and it becomes a far rarer collector’s opportunity.
This particular poster is in excellent condition. Colours remain exceptionally vivid, the image reads beautifully from across a room, and the paper has been stored extremely carefully. There are no pinholes or tears. On the verso there is some light foxing / age discoloration, consistent with an original paper poster that is now over 50 years old. Overall it presents superbly and is ready to frame. Please refer closely to the photos, as they show the exact poster for sale.
It is about 53 years old.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
