Daan van Golden. Exhibition folder Naiqua Gallery Tokyo, 1964

Double-sided invitation, exquisitely printed in red, blue and black on white stock, 93.5 x 24 cm, folded in four panels. Features images and details of exhibited paintings, an essay by American writer Jed Curtis, and a photograph of Van Golden with one eye closed. Light rubbing to folds, miniscule pinholes on corners, one corner with tiny tear (2 mm), generally in very good condition. Scarce document, not previously offered in trade. Provenance: gift from the artist to a close friend.

Announcement for the show 'Patterns' held from 26 October to 7 November 1964 at the now legendary space Naiqua Gallery. Van Golden spent the years of 1963-64 living and working in Tokyo, culminating in the show. The exhibited paintings were based upon Japanese wrapping paper and fabric pattern design, which became key to Van Golden's oeuvre. The exhibition folder itself has gained great stature. It is listed in major catalogues and has been displayed prominently in retrospectives, including the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam 2025, and Misako & Rosen Gallery in Tokyo 2014. Ref.: Daan van Golden, Apperception, Wiels/ Roma 2012, p.138; Daan van Golden, The Pencil of Nature 1999, p.25; Catalogue Misako & Rosen Gallery Tokyo, 2014.