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Under the Wave off Kanagawa
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WMET0027
Our Inspiration: Under the Wave off Kanagawa, also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; 10 1/8 x 14 15/16 in.; ca. 1830–32
H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 JP1847
The breathtaking composition of this woodblock print, said to have inspired Debussy’s La Mer (The Sea) and Rilke’s Der Berg (The Mountain), ensures its reputation as an icon of world art. Hokusai cleverly played with perspective to make Japan’s grandest mountain appear as a small triangular mound within the hollow of the cresting wave. The artist became famous for his landscapes created using a palette of indigo and imported Prussian blue.
Our Inspiration: Under the Wave off Kanagawa, also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; 10 1/8 x 14 15/16 in.; ca. 1830–32
H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 JP1847
The breathtaking composition of this woodblock print, said to have inspired Debussy’s La Mer (The Sea) and Rilke’s Der Berg (The Mountain), ensures its reputation as an icon of world art. Hokusai cleverly played with perspective to make Japan’s grandest mountain appear as a small triangular mound within the hollow of the cresting wave. The artist became famous for his landscapes created using a palette of indigo and imported Prussian blue.