Harbour Sunset by Hasui Size:S - 29.7 x 42cm (A3) without the mediation of representation

without the mediation of representation

Jungle Toucan pairs Andrea Haase's eye for decorative composition with the visual drama of one of nature's most graphic birds

while the confident outlines hold each form with quiet authority

three craniums are arranged much like his apples and pears: grouped with quiet deliberateness

this piece retains the full delicacy of Kawase's original linework — the fine grain of the foliage

Harbour Sunset by Hasui Size:S - 29.7 x 42cm (A3) without the mediation of representationHarbour Sunset places Hasui Kawase's characteristic stillness against a charged sky. The water mirrors a spectrum moving from deep amber at the horizon to a cooler indigo above, and the silhouetted vessels sit low and heavy against the light. It is a composition built on reflection both literal, in the mirrored harbour surface, and atmospheric, in the meditative pause the image creates. Hasui's shin hanga approach layers tones with restraint, letting