Colour Shadow (Inscribed by Shizuko Yoshikawa to Lella and Massimo Vignelli)

Catalog published in conjunction with a 1978 exhibition held at Tokyo’s Minami Gallery. Square 4to (9.75” x 9.75”), pictorial wrappers, 10 pages on stiff paper, color illustrations throughout. Text in Japanese and English, including a brief statement by Max Bill. Inscribed by Yoshikawa on the interior: "To dear Lella + Massimo / Best / Shizuko." Accompanied by a separately typed dedication leaf addressed to Lella and Massimo Vignelli and three pages of related typescript commentary concerning Yoshikawa's work. Presentation copy linking four important figures in postwar international modernism: Shizuko Yoshikawa, Max Bill, and the celebrated design partnership of Lella and Massimo Vignelli. Born in Japan and later active in Switzerland, Yoshikawa emerged as a significant practitioner of Concrete and geometric abstraction, working within the artistic milieu shaped by Max Bill and the Zurich school. The exhibition documented here explores her investigations of color, light, perception, and serial structure through subtly modulated geometric reliefs. A scarce association copy enhanced by the additional typed presentation material prepared for the Vignellis, among the most influential design figures of the twentieth century. Some bumping and rubbing to extremities; mild toning throughout. …