Sail boats
by Maki Haku
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- wbp
Description
Sailboats appear in Maki Haku's catalog as a subject that bridges his earlier representational interests and his mature abstract orientation — the boat's triangular sail translating readily into geometric form, the water's surface providing the kind of reflective, shimmering ground his textured prints would later evoke through embossing and metallic pigment. This work likely treats the vessel as a shape rather than a narrative subject, using the sail and hull as occasions for formal composition.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sail boats was created by Maki Haku (巻白).
Sail boats depicts boats & ships, seascapes, and abstract.