Keika hyakugiku Pl.30 by Keika Hosegawa Size:M - 50 x 70cm Collaged layers of colour and

Collaged layers of colour and form build a mountain scene that is both recognisable and disorienting — peaks fragment into graphic planes

The palette is confident and warm

maximum atmosphere

only the warmth of shared presence

the fine engraved linework and delicate tonal hatching of the original plate are rendered with exceptional sharpness — exactly what this kind of scientific fine art print demands

Keika hyakugiku Pl.30 by Keika Hosegawa Size:M - 50 x 70cm Collaged layers of colour andPlate 30 of the Keika hyakugiku series presents what appears to be a pompon type cultivar a tightly rounded bloom whose uniformly curved petals create an almost spherical silhouette. The composition uses negative space with great confidence, the single stem rising from the lower edge to anchor a head that seems to float in the frame. Meiji era restraint governs every line: nothing is embellished, and that economy makes the study all the more