Philip Taaffe Original Relief Print, Asuka Nimbus, 2013

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American artist Philip Taaffe’s relief print Asuka Nimbus is a hand-pulled relief on Hannemülhle black No. 313 paper. This is … more American artist Philip Taaffe’s relief print Asuka Nimbus is a hand-pulled relief on Hannemülhle black No. 313 paper. This is artist proof 3 of 7. This print I’d signed on the lower right. Taaffe celebrates man’s ritualistic impulses toward image-making, borrowing widely from world culture motifs like Northwest coast Native American masks, Islamic ornamentation, and Japanese perforated screens. The Asian influence in this piece is obvious. Asuka Nimbus, 2013 is framed in black. less