Artist Monograph

Ikko Tanaka, Japanese

Japanese, 1930–2002

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	9	47.4%
Lithography	8	42.1%
Other Media	2	10.5%

Production by Decade

1

1950s

5

1960s

9

1970s

3

1980s

1

1990s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	1	5.3%
Large (1–3 m)	18	94.7%

Range: 72.4 cm → 103.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1963	4
1980	3
1981	1
1983	2
1984	2
1990	5
1994	1
2000	1

Japanese Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 19 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
World Commercial Design Exhibition Design Acc. 144.1963	1959	Lithograph	28 1/2 × 20 1/2" (72.4 × 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the artist
Let's Take Away Violence from Our Streets Design Acc. 1557.2000	1960	Lithograph	40 5/8 x 28 3/8" (103.2 x 72.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Kanze Noh Play Design Acc. 360.1984	1961	Silkscreen	40 3/4 x 28 3/4" (103.5 x 73 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Noh Play VIIth Design Acc. 147.1963	1961	Poster	40 1/2 × 28 5/8" (102.9 × 72.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the artist
Teiichi Nakayama Recital Design Acc. 145.1963	1961	Poster	40 1/2 × 28 1/2" (102.9 × 72.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the artist
3rd International Biennial Exhibition of Prints in Tokyo Design Acc. 146.1963	1962	Photolithograph	28 1/2 x 40" (72.4 x 101.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the artist
Poster Nippon 1955-'72, Japanese Posters by Screen Process Design Acc. 283.1980	1972	Silkscreen	28 3/4 x 40 3/8" (73.0 x 102.5 cm ) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Ivan Chermayeff
Poster Nippon 55-72 Design Acc. 284.1980	1972	Silkscreen	28 3/4 x 40 3/8" (73 x 102.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Ivan Chermayeff
Japan's Choices, Essay Contest for Mainishi Newspaper Design Acc. 97.1990	1973	Offset lithograph	40 1/2 x 28 5/8" (102.8 x 72.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Kanze Noh Play Design Acc. 98.1990	1973	Silkscreen	40 1/2 x 28 5/8" (102.8 x 72.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Morisawa Photosetting Co. Design Acc. 99.1990	1973	Offset lithograph	40 1/2 x 28 5/8" (102.8 x 72.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Kabuki, Book by Kinosuke Tomata, Published by Shirakawe Shobo Design Acc. 285.1980	1974	Silkscreen	40 1/2 x 28 5/8" (103.0 x 72.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Ivan Chermayeff
Minoru Betsuyaku’s Isu to Densetsu Design Acc. 359.1984	1974	Silkscreen	40 1/2 x 28 1/2" (102.9 x 72.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Hanae Mori Design Acc. 823.1983	1977	Silkscreen	40 5/8 x 28 5/8" (103.2 x 72.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Serigraphy of Ikko Tanaka Design Acc. 824.1983	1979	Silkscreen	40 1/2 x 28 5/8" (102.8 x 72.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Kanze Noh Play Design Acc. 100.1990	1981	Offset lithograph	40 1/2 x 28 5/8" (102.8 x 72.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Nihon Buyo Design Acc. 649.1981	1981	Offset lithograph	40 1/2 x 28 3/4" (103 x 72.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the College of Fine Arts, UCLA
Morisawa & Co Design Acc. 625.1990	1986	Offset lithograph	40 3/8 x 28 5/8" ( 102.5 x 72.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
If You Take Kangi Characters Apart, You Can See Their Characteristics More Clearly, Poster Celebrating 10th Anniversary of "Tategumi Yokogumi" Magazine Design Acc. 276.1994	1993	Silkscreen	40 1/2 x 28 3/4" (102.8 x 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Morisawa & Co. Ltd.