Michael Knigin Signed, Numbered Serigraph

Pickup Location: Bainbridge Island - South

Condition: Used - Like New 1979 "Ensabuo" After Kunishige Serigraph by Michael Knigin

Width: 24 in. Height: 31.5 in.

Specifications: Unframed, signed, numbered Serigraph

Ensaburo (After Kunishige) by Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011)

Michael Knigin had a prolific career. Between 1978 and 1982, in a series of paintings and prints inspired by the works of Japanese woodblock print artists such as Hiroshige, Hokusai, Utamaro, Harunobu, Buncho, Kunimasa, Kambara and Yoshitaki, Michael Knigin created a bridge that has spanned both time and space.

They are called "The Japanese Suite," and consist of approximately 50 paintings and 100 hand-drawn original lithographs, all with Ukiyo-e landscapes and figures in the foreground, placed against black and white photographic backdrops of the Manhattan skyline and other urban scenes.

The 50 paintings in the series were created by an innovative process, in which Michael's photographs of the city skyline were developed directly onto a special photographic canvas called Luminos. Michael then added interpretations of Japanese images that he thought to be extraordinary to the foreground by hand with acrylic and enamel paint. He did note however that, although his line drawings are quite true to the original Japanese woodblock prints, he took creative liberties with color and a myriad of textures. The result is both unexpected and compelling.

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