Acropolis original conte drawing
by Paul Binnie
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Scholten Japanese Art
by Paul Binnie
$2,000–$15,000. Common subjects: $2,000–$4,000. Key value factors: As a living artist continuing the shin-hanga tradition, Binnie's prints are investment-quality. Limited editions and larger formats are most valued.
A conte drawing of the Acropolis in Athens — one of Binnie's preparatory works documenting his travels with traditional Japanese printmaking sensibility — captures the ancient citadel in the soft, tonal medium of conte crayon. For Binnie, whose "Travels with the Master" series brought the vocabulary of [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) landscape to European and American settings, such drawings represent the first stage of a process that would eventually render the scene in woodblock. The Acropolis sits in its Mediterranean light, waiting to become something Japanese.
Acropolis original conte drawing was created by Paul Binnie.
Acropolis original conte drawing depicts architecture and travel scenes.
