
Crescent
- Date:
- 2017
- Medium:
- Collaged woodcut on museum board
- Image courtesy of
- Artsy
Description
Takuji Hamanaka's "Crescent" is a woodblock that reflects the artist's ongoing exploration of visual expression.
This work reflects the artist's contemporary approach to printmaking, drawing on both traditional techniques and modern sensibilities. The woodblock technique allows for the characteristic interplay of precise line work and subtle color gradation that gives the image its distinctive presence.




![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)


