Japanese Architecture Well Received (Poster commemorating the Japanese Exhibition House in the MoMA garden)
Unidentified Designer
Japanese
c.1955
A mid-1950s lithograph poster celebrating the installation of a traditional Japanese house and related artworks in MoMA’s garden, intended to promote Japanese architecture and postwar cultural exchange.
Stark black-and-white photographs of a low wooden pavilion, sculptural figures, and a rectilinear courtyard are set against warm ochre panels and bold Japanese type, so the eye moves between quiet architectural perspective and sculptural silhouettes.
The poster is a document of postwar cultural diplomacy and museum practice, showing how exhibitions framed architecture and art as tools for international exchange and for rethinking Japan’s role in modern design.
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
20 3/4 × 16 5/8" (52.7 × 42.2 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Anonymous gift
Accession
947.2015
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
