Early Autumn in Urayasu Art Print by Hasui Gallery Wall Nico Tracey - Architecture creating depth through subtle gradation

creating depth through subtle gradation rather than contrast

colour boundaries

Drawn from his landmark 'Kunstformen der Natur' series

blurring the boundary between document and art

The composition layers silhouetted architecture against a graduated amber sky

Early Autumn in Urayasu Art Print by Hasui Gallery Wall Nico Tracey - Architecture creating depth through subtle gradationEarly Autumn in Urayasu captures the fishing village of Urayasu at the turning of the season a moment of suspension before the cold arrives. Hasui Kawase renders the scene with the layered restraint of shin hanga: reed beds reflected in glassy water, a sky that grades from warm white to cool grey, the architecture of the village reduced to calm horizontals at the far bank. The colour palette is subdued and carefully felt muted greens, washed blues,