Kazumasa Nagai
Kazumasa Nagai
Japanese, born 1929
1978
A silkscreen poster made for Kazumasa Nagai’s 1978 exhibition that uses precise, repeated diagonal hatching and tall, slit-like rectangles to turn architectural form into a striking graphic emblem.
A towering, white‑outlined, diagonally hatched rectangle dominates a deep black field, its central slit echoed by smaller gold and gray pillars and anchored by a bold, slanted red plane, creating a rhythmic play of depth and surface.
The work exemplifies postwar Japanese graphic design’s fusion of minimalist abstraction and exacting printcraft, showing how poster art could translate fine‑art sensibilities into everyday visual communication.
Medium
Silkscreen
Dimensions
40 9/16 x 28 11/16" (103 x 72.8 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession
640.1981
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
