Untitled (Yellow Dress) 2019

Artist: Hajime Sorayama
Title: Untitled (Yellow Dress)
Year: 2019
Medium: Giclée print
Image Size: 48.0 × 33.6 cm (18 7/8 × 13 1/4 in)
Sheet Size: 59.5 × 42.0 cm (23 3/8 × 16 1/2 in)
Edition: 20 — this example: /20
Signature: Signed and numbered lower margin
Type: Large-format limited edition giclée — exceptionally rare edition of 20

Description:

Untitled (Yellow Dress) (2019) is one of the most elegant and formally refined prints in Hajime Sorayama's published work — a standing female android, rendered in his signature mirror-polished chrome, wearing a vivid yellow dress that catches and reflects the magenta-crimson ground behind her. She stands mid-stride, one leg raised, her posture simultaneously fashion-editorial and entirely alien — the chrome body articulated at every joint with the mechanical precision of an engineer's drawing, the yellow dress a single chromatic declaration against the surrounding chrome and the deep pink ground.

The work sits at the precise intersection of Sorayama's two great subjects: the female body and the machine. His chrome androids are neither robots pretending to be human nor humans rendered mechanical — they are a third category entirely, a vision of the posthuman that is simultaneously more beautiful and more unsettling than either of its constituent parts. The yellow dress — a garment associated with femininity, warmth, and the organic world — worn by a body that has no organic components, creates the conceptual tension that drives the image: the human gesture of dressing, performed by something that does not require clothing, in a colour that the chrome refuses to absorb or reflect in any natural way.

The green visor, the high heel, the stride — all are drawn from the visual vocabulary of fashion photography and pin-up illustration, Sorayama's acknowledged sources alongside science fiction and industrial design. But the image transcends all three: it is too technically precise for fashion, too beautiful for science fiction, and too emotionally charged for industrial design. It exists in a category Sorayama invented and has inhabited alone for five decades.

Produced as a giclée print in an edition of just 20 — among the rarest impressions in Sorayama's print catalogue — signed and numbered /20 lower margin. At an image size of 48.0 × 33.6 cm on a 59.5 × 42.0 cm sheet, this is a work of intimate scale and extraordinary finish.

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FAQ 

Is this an original Sorayama print?
Yes — an original giclée print, signed and numbered by the artist, from an edition of just 20.

What is the edition size?
Strictly limited to 20 impressions — one of the smallest and rarest editions in Sorayama's entire published catalogue. 

What is a giclée print?
A giclée is a high-resolution inkjet print using archival pigment inks on premium paper — the standard for museum-quality fine art reproduction, capable of capturing the full tonal range and chromatic precision of Sorayama's hyperrealistic originals.

How does Yellow Dress relate to Untitled (HRGHS01)?
Where HRGHS01 presents Sorayama's biomechanical universe at its most complex and confrontational, Yellow Dress reveals its most elegant and fashion-conscious register — the same chrome aesthetic applied to a single standing figure in a composition of classical simplicity. The two works are natural complements.

Is the work framed?
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Do you ship internationally?
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