$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.
Kitaoka Nizaemon XIII — head of one of kabuki's great acting families — is depicted here in a villain role, the kabuki villain's distinctive makeup and expression requiring the actor to project cold calculation and malevolent authority. Kabuki villainy is a performance mode as formalized as its heroism, and Binnie's portrait of Nizaemon in this role captures the theatrical precision required: every line of the face, every element of the costume, arranged to project controlled menace.
Kitaoka Nizaemon as the villain was created by Paul Binnie.
Kitaoka Nizaemon as the villain depicts figures, kabuki, and portraits.
