{"product_id":"still-life-with-fruit-basket-and-blackberries","title":"Still Life with Fruit Basket and Blackberries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a limited edition fine art print, numbered 66\/100 in pencil in the lower left, with a Japanese signature.   The style and technique are strongly characteristic of Japanese printmaking from the 1970s–1990s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe medium appears to be a mezzotint or aquatint, given the extraordinarily smooth, velvety gradation of the dark background tones — a hallmark of mezzotint technique. The colour is hand-applied or printed in layers with great delicacy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA quietly elegant horizontal still life depicting:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA woven basket lined with a vivid red cloth or tissue paper, containing three round fruits — most likely peaches or nashi pears — rendered in glowing yellow and purple-blush tones with remarkable luminosity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA small sprig of blackberries with trailing vine and tiny leaves placed separately on the table surface to the left, creating lovely compositional tension\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA dark striped background — perhaps a slatted blind or screen — which gives depth and a very Japanese sensibility to the composition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA cool grey-green table surface with darker banding at front and back\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wattle and Daub Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56818774606202,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/wattleanddaubhome.co.uk\/products\/still-life-with-fruit-basket-and-blackberries","provider":"Wattle and Daub Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}