Saru Gallery
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Binnie, Paul (1967 - )

1970 Kontakuto-renzu (1970のコンタクトレンズ) - Contact lens of 1970, the eighth design from the series Hyakunen no Hana - Flowers of a Hundred Years, self-printed in an edition of 100 in April 2017. Paper size: 33.3 x 47.5 cm. Series title and print title in blindprinting in the top left margin; signed in blindprinting and pencil in the bottom margin. The eighth of a series of 10 bijin prints illustrating women in the decades of the 20th century. This print shows a young woman about to put in a contact lens; she is wearing a kaftan decorated with psychedelic flowers, which was extremely fashionable at the time.

Euro 890

Fine impression, colours and condition: use of blindprinting, 23K gold, silver and bronze pigments.