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| Artist: | Binnie Paul (1967- ) |
| Title: | Sankeien Gardens — 三渓園 |
| Series: | Famous Views of Japan — 日本名所図絵 |
| Date of first edition?: | 2003-2005 |
| Date of this artwork?: | >2003 (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 43229 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title Famous Views of Japan - Sankeien Gardens
Artist Paul Binnie born 1967
Signature "Paul Binnie" in pencil on the lower margin. "Binnie" in Japanese in the image.
Seal Artist's seal.
Publisher Self-published by the artist.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Edition Size 100
Description From the series "Nihon Meisho Zu-e" ("Famous Views of Japan"), "Sankei-en". Winter scenery and its lone boat at the quiet Sankei-en Garden. For a detailed description, please read the article.
Format Dai-Oban
Width Item 16.1 inches = 41.0 cm
Height Item 11.8 inches = 30.0 cm
Width Image 14.8 inches = 37.5 cm
Height Image 10.2 inches = 26.0 cm
Literature Kendall H. Brown, Paul Griffith, Akamo Ryo., "Paul Binnie: A Dialog with the Past", Art Media Resources, 978-1-58886-096-5, - pg. 123, pl. 86 |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Impression Excellent ... Self-printed by the artist on a "Binnie" embossed paper. Footsteps in the snow on lower part of the image are nicely embossed.
Colors Excellent ... "Gofun" (white powder) for the snow and mica on the frosty lake surface.
Condition Excellent - very good .
Numbered 3 / 100 |
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| Artist Bio: |
Paul Binnie was born at Airthrey Castle, Scotland in 1967 and lived in Alloa, Central Scotland until 1985. He then attended Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art, taking his MA (Fine Art) in 1990. From then until the spring of 1993 he lived in Paris where he worked mostly in oils and watercolours, painting figure subjects and occasional landscapes. He began to collect Japanese Woodblock Prints in the late 1980s on a summer trip to Paris, and his extended stay in France allowed him to expand his collection and his knowledge of the subject. It was this interest in Japanese Prints along with a desire to understand the methods of their production that prompted him to move in March 1993 to Tokyo. He there sought training in the techniques of block print-making. Unable to enter the Yoshida studio, his first choice for training, due to the illness of Yoshida Toshi, he was advised to contact Seki Kenji. Kenji had been the head printer at Doi-Hangaten and Binnie worked with him for several years developing his own block printing style.
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