Artist Monograph

Koichi Sato, Japanese

Japanese, born 1944

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	22	84.6%
Screenprint	4	15.4%

Production by Decade

1970s

1980s

1990s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	12	46.2%
Large (1–3 m)	14	53.8%

Range: 72.0 cm → 218.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1978	2
1983	5
1984	2
1988	1
1990	5
1993	5
1994	1
1995	3
2015	2

Japanese Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 26 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Agamemnon Design Acc. 91.1990	1972	Offset lithograph	28 5/8 x 20 1/4" (72.5 x 51.4 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
New Music Media, New Magic Media Design Acc. 819.1983	1974	Silkscreen	40 1/2 x 28 3/4" (102.9 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
Sakurahime Azuma Bunsho Design Acc. 504.1978	1976	Offset lithograph	28 5/8 x 20 1/4" (72.8 x 51.5 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 through The U.S. Art Directors Club, Inc., New York
Shino-Dan: Kono Yoh Ni Watachi Wa Kiita Design Acc. 507.1978	1976	Offset lithograph	41 1/8 x 29 1/4" (104.5 x 79.3 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 through The U.S. Art Directors Club, Inc., New York
Theatrical Production of "The Story of the Cherry Princess of Azuma" Design Acc. 92.1990	1976	Offset lithograph	28 5/8 x 20 1/4" (72.5 x 51.4 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
Matchi Uri no Shojo (The Little Match Girl) (Poster for a theatrical performance of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Match Girl") Design Acc. 902.2015	1979	Lithograph	28 5/8 x 20 1/4" (72.7 x 51.4 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
The Women's Memorial Service Design Acc. 93.1990	1979	Offset lithograph	28 5/8 x 20 1/4" (72.5 x 51.4 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
Super School Design Acc. 341.1984	1981	Offset lithograph	28 5/8 x 20 3/8" (72 x 51.9 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
Conversation With Landscape Design Acc. 820.1983	1982-83	Offset lithograph	28 5/8 x 20 1/4" (72.8 x 51.4 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
Jen Genet/ Le Balcon Design Acc. 903.2015	1982	Lithograph	28 5/8 x 20 1/4" (72.7 x 51.4 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
Poster for Ikebana (flower arrangement) exhibition Design Acc. 342.1984	1982	Silkscreen	28 5/8 x 20 1/4" (72 x 51.5 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
The 6th Iwaki Prefecture Art Festival Design Acc. 816.1983	1982	Offset lithograph	28 5/8 x 20 5/16" (72.7 x 51.6 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
Gakuya Design Acc. 818.1983	1983	Offset lithograph	28 5/8 x 20 1/4" (72.8 x 51.4 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
Kinkaku Enjo Design Acc. 817.1983	1983	Offset lithograph	28 5/8 x 20 5/16" (72.7 x 51.6 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
Morisawa and Company, Ltd Design Acc. 160.1988	1983	Silkscreen	40 1/2 x 28 5/8" (103 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
Promotional Poster for a Group of Flower Arrangers Design Acc. 176.1993	1985	Offset lithograph	40 1/2 x 28 3/4" ( 102.8 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
Poster for Large Screen Television Design Acc. 173.1993.a-c	1986	Offset lithograph	Overall: 40 1/2 × 86" (102.9 × 218.4 cm) Each: 40 1/2 × 28 3/4" (102.9 × 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
Dress of Japan "Seisei-an" Design Acc. 177.1993	1987	Offset lithograph	40 1/2 x 28 3/4" ( 102.8 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
The Modern Poster, The Museum of Modern Art, New York Design Acc. 94.1990	1988	Offset lithograph	40 1/2 x 28 5/8" (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	Exhibition Fund
Soap Bubbles Floated, They Floated Into Outer Space Design Acc. 624.1990	1989	Lithograph	40 1/2 x 28 3/4" (102.9 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
Urban Design Seminar, Twenty-first Century Urban Design Design Acc. 175.1993	1992	Lithograph	40 1/2 x 28 5/8 ( 102.8 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
Zen Design Acc. 174.1993	1992	Silkscreen	40 1/2 x 28 3/4"( 102.8 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
Poster Celebrating 10th Anniversary of "Tategumi Yokogumi" Magazine Design Acc. 267.1994	1993	Offset lithograph	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.
Urban Frontier Tokyo '96 Design Acc. 163.1995	1993	Lithograph	40 1/2 × 28 3/4" (102.9 × 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
Life Design Acc. 161.1995	1994	Lithograph	40 1/2 x 28 5/8" (102.9 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
Life Design Acc. 162.1995	1994	Lithograph	40 1/2 x 28 5/8" (102.9 x 72.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design