Go (Tsuyoshi) Yayanagi - 愛の動物誌[G] (Fauna of Love: G)

Go Yayanagi’s 1972 silkscreen 愛の動物誌 [G] (Fauna of Love: G) presents a serene, contented caiman poised atop a glowing yellow plane that stretches toward a vanishing horizon, all framed by bold, tongue-like swirls and a watchful bird silhouette. Vibrant hues and playful Pop-Uki forms conjure a meditative ode to love and the natural order. 🐊🌅💖

• Year & Edition: 1972 · Fauna of Love [G] · Ed. 25/50 (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: 55.00 cm × W: 79.50 cm.
• Condition: Near-mint; colours brilliantly saturated, paper pristine - no foxing, marks, or deterioration. Properly stored over the years.
• Notes: The G sheet’s striking composition - vivid yellow perspective, calm reptile and sensual abstract forms - suggests Yayanagi’s playful yet profound reflection on birth, emergence and our shared instinctual bonds. A pivotal stepping-stone toward later landmark cycles such as Tale of Genji (源氏物語), The Kojiki (古事記), The Earth… and Now (地球…そして今は), Men & Women (男と女), and The Flying Pencils (飛んだえんぴつ). An ideal acquisition for collectors of Pop Art, Japanese printmaking and cross-species visual poetry. 👁️✨.