New York Night
by Paul Binnie
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Binnie applies his shin-hanga landscape vocabulary to the New York night skyline — Manhattan's towers rising against a sky rendered in the deep bokashi gradations he uses for nocturnal scenes. The "gomazuri" technique (a sesame-seed printing of scattered pigment dots) mentioned in a related variant suggests the atmospheric texture of a night sky seen through city light. The juxtaposition of Japanese printmaking technique with one of the world's most recognizable modern cityscapes is one of the defining gestures of Binnie's "Travels with the Master" project.
More Prints by Paul Binnie
More Night Scenes Prints
Evening in East Africa
Woodblock print
Evening Shower at Teradomari (Teradomari no yau), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
![Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Moon at Nakanoshima, Sapporo (Sapporo Nakanoshima no yuzuki), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)"
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Frequently Asked Questions
New York Night was created by Paul Binnie.
New York Night uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
New York Night depicts night scenes.