Modan Viewpoint, Pyongyang, Korea, from the series "Korean Views Supplement" (Zoku Chosen fukei, Chosen Heijo Botandai)
by Kawase Hasui
- Series:
- Korean Views Supplement
- Date:
- 1940
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 24.5 × 36.3 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Typical Price
From the Korean Views Supplement series, this print shows the Modan Viewpoint overlooking Pyongyang. Lifetime editions bring $400-$1,500. Hasui's Korean prints document landscapes that have been largely inaccessible to outsiders for decades, lending these works a historical documentary quality that adds to their interest beyond pure aesthetics.
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