By the Light of the Sea
by Gen Yamanaka
- Date:
- 2009
- Medium:
- Woodblock
- Image courtesy of
- Artsy
Description
A horizontal band of muted grey-green fills the upper third, scattered with small white dots suggesting stars against a night sky, above a lighter grey-beige lower field dotted with irregular grey, white, and rust-red pebble-like shapes arranged in loose rows. The composition is entirely abstract and non-figurative, divided into two flat color zones with no landscape, figures, or architecture depicted. Pencil annotations in the lower margin include an edition number and the artist's signature in Japanese and roman script.
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Frequently Asked Questions
By the Light of the Sea was created by Gen Yamanaka (山中現) in 2009.
By the Light of the Sea depicts seascapes.