Go Yayanagi’s 1974 silkscreen 愛の動物誌 (BAO) (Fauna of Love: BAO) serves as the vibrant epilogue to his alphabetic series. Bold Pop-Art lettering “BAO” anchors a riot of forms - sensual human fragments, geometric blocks, a whiskered walrus-like creature and coiling crocodile - all rendered in electric blues, reds and greens. This final chapter fuses Yayanagi’s architectural Pop-Uki shapes with typographic flair for a playful send-off. 🦭🔤🌈
- Year & Edition: 1974 · Fauna of Love (BAO) · Ed. 2/50 (signed & dated in pencil).
- Series: Fauna of Love (愛の動物誌) - an alphabetic picture-poem suite issued 1971-74 in two instalments: A–K (1971-72) and L–U (1973), followed by a BAO triptych in 1974; limited to fifty portfolios. Conceived soon after Yayanagi’s return to Japan, the series explores “the universal commonalities of life and love shared by humankind and nature” through witty animal imagery, collage, and late-’60s/early-’70s pop motifs, inaugurating his signature Pop-Uki silkscreen idiom.
- Medium: Silkscreen.
- Dimensions: Sheet H: 78.50 cm × W: 54.50 cm.
- Condition: Fair; image vibrant, though outer edges show light creasing and handling residue.
- Notes: As the series’ book-end, the BAO sheet spotlights Yayanagi’s rare early use of bold Pop-Art typography alongside his signature sensual/erotic human forms and Pop-Uki architecture. A must-have centerpiece for enthusiasts of Japanese Pop Art and avant-garde printmaking. 👁️✨.
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