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(MATSUMOTO, AKIRA). Matsumoto, Akira, Tsunehisa Hiruma, Masayoshi Homma & Makoto Nakamura. Tokyo: Gyarari Natsuhiko, 1991. First Edition #281/600 Deluxe. Oblong 4to. Debossed Cloth in Slipcase. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 312pp, 358 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in Japanese and English. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully printed 1991 monograph on the noted Japanese Pop-turned-Abstract artist Akira Matsumoto. It contains essays by Tsunehisa Hiruma, Masayoshi Homma, and Makoto Nakamura along with a catalogue raisonné of works executed between 1960 and 1990. A most handsome example of the uncommon deluxe edition limited to six hundred copies NUMBERED (281/600) and additionally SIGNED in Japanese by the artist in black ink on the title page housed in the publisher's gilt-debossed slipcase with the ORIGINAL COLOR SILKSCREEN PRINT "Arrangement (Inversion S 15)" SIGNED AND NUMBERED (281/600) in pencil laid in, as issued. Inventory Number: 022524