Keika hyakugiku Pl.30 by Keika Hosegawa Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm the soft tonal gradations and

the soft tonal gradations and hand-drawn details are reproduced with full fidelity — no muddiness in the shadows

shimmering field of colour

Printed in our Berlin studio on premium fine art paper

The horizontal format gives the composition a cinematic breadth

creating a tension between ornament and boldness that gives the piece its particular character

Keika hyakugiku Pl.30 by Keika Hosegawa Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm the soft tonal gradations 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