Catalog record · 目録番号 112059

New York Sunset

Catalog note / 解説

Tuesday, 27 January 2009 New York Sunset, New York Night, by Paul Binnie I am pleased to announce the completion of my newest woodblock prints, New York Sunset and New York Night, additions to my series, ‘Meish? To No Tabi’ (Travels with the Master). These two chuban designs were directly inspired both in subject as well as format by a little print of New York by Yoshida Hiroshi of 1928. Interestingly, Yoshida transcribed New York on his small print as ‘ニューヨルク’ (ny?- yoruku), incorporated into the left margin as the Japanese title, while the transcription generally favoured today is ‘ニューヨーク’ (ny?- y?ku), removing the ル (ru). I have reused his title for my own designs as I did on my earlier…

Image record / 画像情報

JAODB · 2008 · jaodb

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