Title: おとうさんのちんこ (Daddy's Thing). Ed. 57/95.

Series: 詩画集 (Poetry Art Book). 飛んだえんぴつ (Les Crayons Qui Volent/The Flying Pencil).

The Flying Pencils (飛んだえんぴつ): Published in 1982, Yayanagi worked on a collection of eight prints entitled “Les Crayons Qui Volent”/”The Flying Pencil” (edition of 95). The series was produced in line with a Poetry Art Book 詩画集 published by Children’s Poetry Magazine, Silo Association (サイロの会編). Eight poems written by elementary school pupils across Hokkaido’s Tokachi region were selected to accompany each of Yayanagi’s designs within the series. An additional sixty-two poems accompany the poetry book. A lovely succinct assembly of design themes central to Yayanagi’s oeuvre, and a fabulous example of both his close hometown relationship and active engagement with local community art projects.

Artist: 矢柳剛 Go (Tsuyoshi) Yayanagi (1933-Present).

Signed & Dated: Signed and dated in pencil, 1982.

Medium: Silkscreen.

Image Size: H: 39.00cm x W: 39.00cm. Sheet/Paper: Approx 45.00cm x 45.00cm.

Condition: Mint. Intensity of colour remains remains vibrant & strong. No foxing, marks, or deterioration to paper. Incredibly well stored over the past 40 years. Please refer to photos / Contact for any further questions & condition report.

Notes: A bulb? Daddy’s Thing? I must admit…until I had read the poetry attached to this piece I did not fully grasp its stark euphemistic nature. Yayanagi…should I not be surprised?

(Poetry book 詩画集 飛んだえんぴつ not included).