Wave Cloud
Typical Price
$1,000–$6,000. Common subjects: $1,000–$2,000. Key value factors: Nishijima's nostalgic Japanese village scenes appeal to collectors worldwide. Limited editions maintain value well.
Description
A wave cloud — the dramatic lenticular or undulating cloud formation that appears over mountainous terrain or coastlines where wind and moisture interact at altitude — is rendered in one of Nishijima's occasional departures from architectural subjects toward pure landscape. The wave cloud is one of nature's most compositionally dramatic formations, its regular undulation suggesting both power and order, and Nishijima treats this aerial phenomenon with the same precise observation he brought to built forms below. The seascape context suggests a coastal setting where mountains and sea air produce this spectacular atmospheric effect.
More Prints by Katsuyuki Nishijima
More Seascapes Prints
Child of the Sea
1940
Woodblock print
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Pacific Ocean, Awa Province (Boshu Taikai), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
Boshu Taikai
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
Pine Beach at Miho (Miho no Matsubara), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"
September 1931
Color woodblock print; oban
Frequently Asked Questions
Wave Cloud was created by Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島勝之).
Wave Cloud depicts seascapes.