Nouveau Salon des cent, Hommage a Toulouse-Lautrec.

Artist: Ikko Tanaka Japanese

Title: Nouveau Salon des cent, Hommage a Toulouse-Lautrec.

Plate: HL. 87

Description: Condition A+
Original poster 
from "Nouveau Salon des Cent" portfolio. Limited printing of only 380.
Printed in Paris, 2001. 
unbacked, shipped rolled via Fedex. 
Certificate of Authenticity.

Sheet Size: 29 in x 38 1/2 in 68 x 98cm

Price: Temporarily out of stock

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The Portfolio

 

The "Nouveau Salon des Cent" portfolio consists of a hundred posters created by one hundred of the best graphic designers of our time, from 24 different countries including China, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, Zimbabwe, the United-States and most of the European countries, as a tribute to Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, for the Centenary of his death, 1901-2001. Initiated by the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum Partners' Club. In cooperation with the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum of Albi. The printing was limited to only 380. The posters have been exhibited in major museums and galleries around the world.

 

The Designer - Ikko Tanaka

 

Born in Nara, Japan, in 1930.

 

Recipient of the 'Asahi Prize' from the Asahi Shimbun, the 'Grand Prix' from the Tokyo Art Directors Club, and the 'First Yusaku Kamekura Design Award'.

 

Inducted into both the New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame and Tokyo Art Directors Club Hall of Fame.

 

Has been honoured with the Purple Ribbon Medal and as a Person of Cultural Merit. Has had solo exhibitions at the Paviglione d'Arte Contemporanea in Milan, Italy, 1997; the Toyama Prefectorial Museum of Art in Toyama, Japan, 1998; the Museo de Arte de Sao Paolo in Brazil, and the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, Japan, 1999; the Bauhaus-archive Museum of Design in Berlin, Germany, 2000. Member of the Tokyo Art Directors Club, the Alliance Graphique Internationale and trustee of the Japan Graphic Designers Association.