KAMEKURA (Yusaku) designer.

Olympic Posters in Commemoration of the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, October 1964, Tokyo.

First edition. 18 loose colour plates. Small folio, measuring 21.8x29,7cm. Text in English and Japanese. Original folding portfolio (slightly worn), light creasing, minor marginal sunburn. One loose sheet of text. Tokyo, Japan Book Publishers Association, 1964.

£250.00
KAMEKURA (Yusaku) designer.
Olympic Posters in Commemoration of the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, October 1964, Tokyo.

This small portfolio was designed by Kamekura Yusaku (1915-1997) to celebrate the 18th Olympics in 1964. The portfolio consists of reproductions of 0 posters from previous games (Stockholm, Antwerp, Paris, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Berlin, London, Helsinki, Melborne and Rome, as well the famous four designs by Kamekura Yusaku for the Tokyo Games. It also includes four sheets showing commemorative stamps from 18 countries between 1896-1964. Four designs for the Tokyo Olympics are left blank because they hadn’t been issued yet, and the pamphlet invites collectors to paste them in when they are released. Uncommon. Only 8 copies in OCLC.

Stock No.
195987
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