- Benrido 2026
- Set of 6 collotype prints
- New
This is a collotype portfolio set of six pieces selected from Toshiya Watanabe’s “Somewhere not Here” series. Using an infrared filter, the images turn leaves white and the sky black, capturing real landscapes such as flowers, birds, and bridges, yet exuding a dreamlike quality, creating fantastical images that seem to lead viewers into the depths of the artist’s imaginary consciousness.
Signed to the inside of the portfolio case.
Set of 6 black and white collotype prints printed by Benrido, Inc.
Print Size: 25.4 x 20.3cm. Case Size: 20.6 x 25.8 x 0.8cm
In the 1880s, the collotype printing process was introduced to Kyoto and in 1905 Benrido began producing collotypes. Collotype is one of the earliest forms of printing techniques and was invented in France in 1855 by Alphonse Poitevin as a method for photographic fine art printing. Due to the high level of print and archival quality, it has since been used primarily as a way to reproduce and preserve Japan’s National Treasures and cultural properties. Today Benrido Collotype Atelier remains as one of only a few studios left in the world capable of producing fine colour collotype prints.
