$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.
"Dawn" (Ake) captures the specific quality of light at the day's earliest moments — the gradual brightening that moves from indigo through gray to the first warm touches of sunrise. In Japanese poetics, dawn (akatsuki, ake) carries associations of both arrival and departure — the hour when night's intimacy must give way to the obligations of day. Binnie's [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradations would chart this transition with the atmospheric precision that is one of his woodblock technique's greatest strengths.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Dawn (Ake) was created by Paul Binnie.
Dawn (Ake) depicts figures, bijin-ga, and night scenes.
