Melting at night
by Chihiro Taki
- Date:
- 2022
- Medium:
- Pencil, colored pencil, watercolor gouache, golden leaf, paper on wooden panel
- Image courtesy of
- Artsy
Description
A gold-leaf crescent moon floats in the upper left of an otherwise pale, near-white composition, while a dark-haired figure in a white dress drifts diagonally through soft grey-pink clouds in the lower portion, limbs outstretched and head tipped back with eyes closed. The palette is almost entirely muted white and cream, with the metallic gold moon as the only strong accent and faint blush tones in the clouds. By Chihiro Taki, 2022, in pencil, colored pencil, watercolor gouache, and gold leaf on paper mounted to a wooden panel, titled "Melting at Night."
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Diary of Dreams: Pool
2020
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Being Relived in Dreams
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Sleepless Night
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More Night Scenes Prints
Evening in East Africa
Woodblock print
Evening Shower at Teradomari (Teradomari no yau), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
![Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Moon at Nakanoshima, Sapporo (Sapporo Nakanoshima no yuzuki), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)"
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Frequently Asked Questions
Melting at night was created by Chihiro Taki (滝 千尋) in 2022.
Melting at night depicts night scenes.