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Kiku Exhibition Catalog FIRST EDITION, WITH ORIGINAL SILKSCREEN PRINT, of the catalog for Warhol's celebrated "Kiku" Tokyo exhibition.
Capitalizing
on Warhol's strong appeal to Japanese collectors, members of the Gendai
Hanga Center in Tokyo asked Warhol in 1982 to create a body of work
specifically for them, focusing in particular on images of flowers.
Warhol agreed, and created a beautiful series of images inspired by the
chrysanthemum (the traditional symbol representing the Japanese emperor
and Imperial House). The exhibition was a success and Warhol's
exquisite prints for the "Kiku" (the Japanese word for chrysanthemum)
exhibition have since become highly regarded by both critics and
collectors.
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