Tree Red Peony by Kazumasa Exhibition Size:M - 50 x 70cm Plate 12 from the Hyakucho

Plate 12 from the Hyakucho Gafu is a study in tonal economy

The aged paper tone and sepia ink palette locate it in a specific moment of optimistic mechanical invention

and agitated clouds radiates that restless

This is Kandinsky working in the mature Bauhaus register

Ogawa Kazumasa's peony fills the frame with an almost overwhelming botanical precision

Tree Red Peony by Kazumasa Exhibition Size:M - 50 x 70cm Plate 12 from the HyakuchoThe tree peony holds a different character from its herbaceous counterpart more architectural, the bloom sitting atop a woody stem with a stateliness that Kazumasa captures with evident appreciation. In deep, saturated crimson, the petals cup inward at the centre, surrounding a cluster of golden stamens that punctuate the richness of the red. His collotype technique renders the gradations from petal edge to heart with exceptional accuracy, preserving