Takashi Murakami: Maiko in Springtime Kyoto Lisane Basquiat intended to be exact copies

intended to be exact copies of photographs

Available in black and red

Featuring candid historical photographs

Made in Italy

It incorporates a charming line drawing of an owl’s head rendered as a simple spiral with eyes and beak—a motif not repeated in other posters by the artist—and presents the show’s title in lively hand-drawn white lettering against a solid auburn ground

Takashi Murakami: Maiko in Springtime Kyoto Lisane Basquiat intended to be exact copiesThis screen print with gold leaf by Takashi Murakami depicts a woman in a blue kimono with a pink cherry blossom design standing in front of a checkerboard patterned gold and bronze background embellished with additional smiling blooms. Behind the figure, a red torii gate and a pagoda usher viewers toward a spiritual world, while green hills inscribed with Japanese characters evoke the local landscape. The title suggests that the subject is a maiko,