THE GREAT WAVE BY HOKUSAI & ASTROLABE

THE GREAT WAVE OFF KANAGAWA BY KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI & THE ASTROLABE bevat twee krachtige werken in één. Hokusai's print The Great Wave Off Kanagawa is doorlopend afgedrukt op de kleurrijke wijzerplaat, kast en band, terwijl afbeeldingen uit The Astrolabe van Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-Battûtî de onderkant sieren. De loop is bedrukt met ""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