THE JOURNEY BEGINS [Limited Edition x First Pressing Limited Special Fabric Packaging]

[Machine Translation] ( Best of Hiroshi Nagai ) The ultimate collection of Nagai's best works, including his early masterpieces. This is his first collection of his best works, including his early masterpieces, and is published in a limited edition with cloth cloth binding (first edition only). Popular illustrator Hiroshi Nagai has been active since the 1970s in a variety of record jackets and advertisements, including the jacket work for the immortal masterpiece "A LONG VACATION" (Eiichi Otaki), which continues to be loved by many people. Hiroshi Nagai is known for his unique style, which is a mixture of surrealism and pop art. Nagai says that when he visited Guam and California with his benefactor Teruhiko Yumura and his friends, he encountered scenes of palm trees, blue skies, and greenery reflected in the light, which determined the direction of his illustrations. Since he started his career as an illustrator in 1976, Nagai has continued to draw what he loves and has maintained a consistent style throughout the ages. His many works, which have now become "universal," have received offers from leading Japanese companies and the respect of many artists, and he continues to be busy even in his 70th year. In this newly edited collection of his works, "THE JOURNEY BEGINS," selected by Hiroshi Nagai himself, he presents a wide range of his paintings from his early works to those of recent years, including poolside, cars, people, night scenes, waves, buildings, and palm trees swaying in the wind, which are synonymous with his work. The works in this book have been selected from those that everyone has seen on record jackets, in advertisements, books, and other media. The first edition of the book, which is limited to the first printing, uses a luxurious cloth cloth. (The cloth cover is made by a process called "titled-pen pasting," in which the cloth cover is pressed into a concave shape, and the illustrations are placed in the concave shape. Art direction and book design will be done by Yoxxx, who has designed many of Hiroshi Nagai's artworks. Please take a look at this best-selling book, the first of its kind, and find the piece that will make you feel like you are at the beginning of a "journey. The book will contain about 50 to 60 artworks ( c ) Hiroshi Nagai 2023

永井博初のスーパーベスト。初期作から近作まで、自ら選んだ好きな絵だけ全65点を完全収録。