Woman in Summer Dress by Gōyo Hashiguchi Hilma af Klint 'The Circus' is among the

'The Circus' is among the most joyful plates from Matisse's landmark 1947 artist's book 'Jazz' — a series created by cutting and arranging painted paper with a freedom he described as 'drawing with scissors'

Hu's interest in the threshold between past and future registers clearly here — the imagery occupies a time that is neither quite now nor then

passers-by reduced to silhouettes — creates an intimacy that pulls the viewer into the scene rather than leaving them to observe from a distance

contemplative stillness that defines his finest shin-hanga work — the shrine gate and surrounding architecture rendered in layered

The careful placement of a distant tree line draws the eye across the plain

Woman in Summer Dress by Gōyo Hashiguchi Hilma af Klint 'The Circus' is among theOne of the warmer works in Hashiguchi's small body of prints, this shin hanga composition depicts a woman dressed for the summer season the lightweight fabric of the garment suggesting both heat and movement. Hashiguchi's colour choices here are lighter and more airy than in his winter or interior compositions: pale yellows, transparent blues, and delicate patterning on the textile create a mood of seasonal ease. The figure's posture is relaxed, the