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Le Taureau
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Le Taureau

Date1973
Label TextAfter studying lithography under surrealist artist Lucien Coutaud at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, Yayanagi Tsuyoshi made his first screen print in 1968. His abstracted images of animal and human figures are boldly colorful, and often feature black and white stripes. By using slanting lines to create spatial depth, he draws the viewer in to focus on the bull, framed between concentric circles. The imaginative composition is somewhat jarring, but the combination of patterns and colors is mesmerizing.
Object number98.53.120
Credit LineGift of Frances and Thomas Blakemore
MediumScreen print