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Kristensen, Tom (1962 - )

RED Green Island, number 29 in the series 36 Views of Green Island, started in 2005.
Paper size 22.5 x 15.2 cm. Number 1/25.
Tom Kristensen has returned to his first major project by making a print in the manner of Ono Tadashige. His, by now, extensive experience enabled him to create it as Ono might have done. He carefully studied him, wrote a concise biography on the customary transparent folder, and included a photocopy of one of Ono’s prints he used as inspiration (detail 2).

Euro 125

Fine impression, colours and condition. Note by Tom Kristensen: “These 36 views are presented in the Sōsaku Hanga tradition: self-carved and hand-printed. This print was made from a linoleum floor tile, Japanese gampi washi and Royal Talens water washable oils, and backed with Thai kozo chiri. The seal indicates the Double Dagger project: prints from collaborating artists on environmental themes. Australia is an island continent producing rivers of RED iron ore and black coal. This print in answer to Ono’s Ume (海) - Sea, 1959.