Winter Fireworks
- Date:
- 2019
- Medium:
- Mezzotint
- Image courtesy of
- Artsy
Description
"Winter Fireworks," a 2019 mezzotint by Katsunori Hamanishi, shows four white fireworks bursts exploding against a dark charcoal-grey sky, their trailing sparks streaking downward toward a low mountain silhouette. A pale, distant peak rises at the horizon behind the nearer hills, with a dark band of water or shoreline across the bottom edge of the composition. The palette is almost entirely monochrome grey and white, with the bursts rendered in fine radiating lines against the deep tonal ground characteristic of mezzotint.
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Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Winter Fireworks was created by Katsunori Hamanishi (浜西勝則) in 2019.
Winter Fireworks uses Mezzotint, on mezzotint.
Winter Fireworks depicts snow scenes, winter, and summer.