Mikio Watanabe, prints on the surface of the skin.
Locus Solus| N° d'inventaire | 25995 |
| Format | 16 x 24 |
| Détails | 96 p., numerous color illustrations, paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Châteaulin, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782368333921 |
A selection of around fifty prints by Mikio Watanabe, both old and new, showcases the work of a leading international engraver. While his deep, velvety black nudes have made him known in the most famous American, European, and Japanese galleries, his prints of the beauties of nature in color are especially prominent here.
His butterflies, reptiles, flowers, and vegetables are transcended by the delicacy of the tones, enchanting and poetic. The "black manner" or mezzotint is Watanabé's specialty: it allows for engraving to achieve nuances of incomparable velvetiness.
A selection of around fifty prints by Mikio Watanabe, both old and new, showcases the work of a leading international engraver. While his deep, velvety black nudes have made him known in the most famous American, European, and Japanese galleries, his prints of the beauties of nature in color are especially prominent here.
His butterflies, reptiles, flowers, and vegetables are transcended by the delicacy of the tones, enchanting and poetic. The "black manner" or mezzotint is Watanabé's specialty: it allows for engraving to achieve nuances of incomparable velvetiness.