Namiyo at Hanauma Bay by Masami Teraoka

Namiyo at Hanauma Bay by Masami Teraoka

Namiyo at Hanauma Bay

Masami Teraoka

Title

Namiyo at Hanauma Bay

 
Artist

Masami Teraoka

  1936 - PRESENT (biography)
Year
1985  
Technique
18-color lithograph with photography 
Image Size
24 7/8 x 35 7/8" paper and image 
Signature
pencil, verso 
Edition Size
19/150 plus 36 various proofs= 186 
Annotations
 
Reference
Editions Press work #587 
Paper
buff Arches Cover 
State
published 
Publisher
Editions Press, San Francisco (chop, lower right) 
Inventory ID
ROJA114 
Price
SOLD
Description
A modern, tongue-in-cheek take on traditional Edo-era woodcuts, "Namiyo at Hanauma Bay" comes from the Hawaii Snorkel and Wave series, which Teraoka loosely based on Utamaro's "Pearl Diver" series. In this scene, a diver has removed her mask as she senses the tentacles of an octopus caressing her legs.