Ay-O - レインボーリトグラフⅡ (Rainbow Lithograph II)

Modern | Sōsaku Hanga Silkscreen Print

Ay-O’s abstract rainbow bands cascade in vibrant, gradated hues from fiery red to deep violet, with splattered edges and dotted textures bleeding between layers - evoking a sense of fluid, playful experimentation and immersive multi-sensory color from his iconic Rainbow works. 🌈

• Year & Edition: 1980 · Ed. of 75 (50/75) (editioned, signed & dated in pencil).
• Medium: Silkscreen.
• Dimensions: Sheet H: 53.00 cm × W: 69.00 cm. (Image H: 43.00 cm × W: 56.00 cm).
• Condition: Fabulous; unblemished with vivid, bright inks; paper clean, crisp & bright.
• Notes: Raisonné No. #411. 

About the Artist

Ay-O (born 1931) is a seminal figure in postwar Japanese avant-garde art, celebrated for his immersive “Rainbow” series of vibrant paintings, silkscreens and installations. Early influences included the Demokrato Artist Association and the Society for Creative Art Education, which fostered his experimental spirit. In the 1960s he joined George Maciunas’s Fluxus movement, collaborating with Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik and Claes Oldenburg on boundary-pushing performances. Ay-O’s playful, multi-sensory use of gradated colour has earned him international acclaim, with major exhibitions at the National Museum of Asian Art (Washington, D.C.) and Kunsthal Aarhus, and works held in the British Museum, MoMA (New York) and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. [ ← View All Works by Ay-O]