Red Reverse: Osamu Sleeping
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.
"Red Reverse: Osamu Sleeping" presents a resting male figure — a subject that by gender alone distinguishes itself from the great majority of Binnie's work. The "Red Reverse" designation suggests a technical variant in which the normal color relationships of the composition are inverted or altered, perhaps with red playing a dominant role where it would normally be absent. Osamu, the sleeping subject, offers Binnie the same opportunity the sleeping female bijin presents: a figure unguarded, the performed self dissolved into the naturalness of rest.
Red Reverse: Osamu Sleeping was created by Paul Binnie.
Red Reverse: Osamu Sleeping depicts figures and portraits.
