Montreux Jazz Festival Poster by Shigeo Fukuda
Montreux Jazz Festival Poster by Shigeo Fukuda
A beautiful, original poster for the 19th century Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, July 5th-20th, 1985, Featuring a treble staff in black on a charcoal background surrounded by vibrantly colored thought and speech bubbles in bright pink, green, orange, yellow and purple. Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist Shigeo Fukuda (Japanese, 1932-2009). Number 44 of a limited edition of 150.
39 1/4" Length x 27 1/2" Width
Shigeo Fukuda was a highly regarded Japanese graphic designer and poster artist who worked internationally. His work is in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, among other places. After World War II, he became interested in the minimalist Swiss Style of graphic design, and graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1956. The New York Times described how Fukuda's posters "distilled complex concepts into compelling images of logo-simplicity". In 1987, Fukuda was inducted into the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame in New York City, which described him as "Japan's consummate visual communicator", making him the first Japanese designer chosen for this recognition.