THE GREAT WAVE BY HOKUSAI & ASTROLABE

THE GREAT WAVE OFF KANAGAWA BY KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI & THE ASTROLABE incluye dos poderosas obras en una. El grabado de Hokusai La gran ola de Kanagawa está estampado de forma continua en la esfera multicolor, la caja y la correa, mientras que las imágenes de El Astrolabio de Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-Battûtî se extienden por la parte inferior. La trabilla lleva estampada la frase ""LOUVRE ABU DHABI"". KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI, Under the Wave off Kanagawa, from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji Japan, ca. 1830-1832, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi. Photo: © Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi / Photo: Ismail Noor - Seeing Things MUHAMMAD IBN AHMAD AL-BATTÛTÎ, Astrolabe, Meknès (?), Morocco (?), North Africa, 1726-1727, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi. Photo: © Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi / Photo Thierry Ollivier