Pater Sato-80s Japanese Futuristic Color Lithograph-Flower-Pencil Signed A.P.

Pater Sato-80s Japanese Futuristic Color Lithograph-Flower-Pencil Signed A.P. About the Artist:Pater Sato (born Yoshinori Sato, 1945–1994) was a Japanese illustrator and print artist known for polished airbrush imagery and stylized portrayals of women associated with late-20th-century Japanese graphic illustration. He studied design and illustration in Tokyo, including training at Studio Graphis and the Setsu Mode Seminar. In the early 1970s, Sato traveled to New York in connection with the Tokyo Kid Brothers theater group, where he worked on stage-related design projects and spent time in the city’s art environment; he is also documented as having worked alongside abstract painter Paul Jenkins. He returned to Japan and established an international freelance illustration career, with work circulating in Japan, Europe, and the United States. Listing Description:Color lithograph titled Flower by Pater Sato, produced circa 1980. The composition presents a stylized female portrait paired with floral imagery, rendered in Sato’s refined, airbrushed aesthetic and aligned with the period’s fashion-forward, futuristic pop-graphic sensibilities.This impression is a hand-signed Artist’s Proof (A.P.), offered unframed and described in good condition. The page may show minor handling or edge wear consistent with age. Print Details• Title: Flower• Artist: Pater Sato (Japanese, 1945–1994)• Date: c. 1980• Technique: Color lithograph• Edition: A.P. (Artist’s Proof)• Signature: Pencil-signed by the artist• Sheet Size: 25 × 19 in• Image Size: 23 × 16.5 in• Condition: Good; minor handling or edge wear consistent with age; unframed Provenance• Joshua Kodner Auctions Inscriptions• Pencil signature “PATER”• “A.P.” DisclaimerI have conducted research and prepared this description to the best of my ability. This work is sold as-is, with no guarantees or warranties regarding prior ownership history beyond what is stated. TagsPaterSato, JapaneseAmerican, JapanesePrint, VintageJapaneseArt, 1980sArt, AirbrushIllustration, PopIllustration, FashionArt, ColorLithograph, SignedPrint, ArtistProof, FuturisticArt, LimitedEditionPrint, Materials:Lithograph, ColorPrint, FineArtPrint, Paper, Printmaking, SignedArtwork, LimitedEdition, GraphicArt, IllustrationArt, WorksOnPaper, RetroGraphicArt, UnframedArt, CollectiblePrint ContemporaryJapaneseArt