Tadanori Yokoo Blow Up Hideki 1975 Poster, Saijo Photomontage, B1 Offset Sheet
Tadanori Yokoo Blow Up Hideki 1975 Poster, Saijo Photomontage, B1 Offset Sheet
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A pop idol in a collaged cosmos
Yokoo scatters one face across sunsets, waterfalls and flying saucers until portrait and landscape trade places. The letter tiles at the edges frame it like a game board. Spotting and creases are stated plainly; the colour still carries.
Best for: Collectors of Yokoo posters and 1970s Japanese pop culture
Condition notes
Many spots, a small tear at the lower edge, toning, soiling, edge wear and many rolling creases.
No pin holes or tape marks are reported.
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Blow Up Hideki, a B1 poster described as designed by Tadanori Yokoo in 1975 around the singer Hideki Saijo. It is a dense colour photomontage printed in offset, from the years when Yokoo moved freely between fine art and popular music.
The Piece
Portraits of the singer recur at different scales across a landscape that will not settle. A sunset burns behind temple lanterns in silhouette, with a full moon and two flying saucers in the sky. Below come waterfalls, a red shrine gate, deer, a snow range, an orange tree and the red rail of a bridge. Small coloured tiles carrying single letters run along the top and bottom edges.
The printed credit Tadanori Yokoo sits on the red rail at the lower right.
Details
- Designer: Tadanori Yokoo, as described
- Title: Blow Up Hideki
- Subject: Hideki Saijo
- Date: 1975
- Medium: Offset print on paper
- Sheet: About 103 x 72.8 cm (40.6 x 28.7 in), B1
- Presentation: Unframed loose sheet
- Pin holes and tape: None, as described
- Origin: Japan
Condition
- Many spots, seen most clearly as foxing across the reverse.
- A small tear at the lower edge.
- Toning, soiling, waviness, edge wear and many rolling creases; an old paper scent is noted.
Condition grade C (visible age and wear) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
The design credit and date are given as described and have not been verified by an outside authority; a team of curators reviews each piece from photographs before it is offered. Keep the sheet away from direct sun and damp.
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The sheet travels flat between rigid boards, never tubed or folded, and is packed by hand in Japan. Shipping is quoted and agreed with you before purchase, weighing EMS, then FedEx, then air cargo, all insured and tracked. Duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
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