$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.
"Blue Smoke" (Seien) evokes the quality of incense or tobacco smoke as it disperses into still interior air — a subject that in Japanese aesthetics carries associations of contemplation, sensory pleasure, and the passage of time. The blue of the title suggests the particular quality of smoke seen against a light source, its translucent wisps offering the printmaker an opportunity to demonstrate the subtlest gradations the woodblock medium can achieve. Binnie's treatment is likely a bijin composition in which the smoke and figure inhabit a shared, atmospheric interior.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Blue Smoke (Seien) was created by Paul Binnie.
Blue Smoke (Seien) depicts figures, bijin-ga, and interiors.
