Turquoise Fish Julius Klinger restrained energy of mid-century jazz

restrained energy of mid-century jazz through a graphic design vocabulary that is unmistakably modern

with Nico Tracey exercising her characteristic editorial control over what stays and what falls away

The Japandi influence is clear in the economy of gesture: nothing superfluous

playing off the solidity of the figure and amplifying the sense of personality

Working in the shin-hanga tradition

Turquoise Fish Julius Klinger restrained energy of mid-century jazzThis vintage illustration presents its subject with the calm authority of historical natural history documentation precise, studied, and quietly beautiful. The turquoise toned fish is rendered in profile against a plain ground, its form described with fine linework and careful colour application typical of 19th century scientific illustration. The composition is spare but not empty: the formal placement of the fish, the detail in scale and fin