Bairei hyakucho gafu. Ten Pl.27 by Kono Bairei Rudolf Baschant The composition is vertical and

The composition is vertical and immersive

every line and colour field is rendered with sharp

fine outlines

with the restraint of Bauhaus tradition applied to a story that was anything but restrained

The vertical format enforces an intimacy appropriate to the subject

Bairei hyakucho gafu. Ten Pl.27 by Kono Bairei Rudolf Baschant The composition is vertical andPlate 27 centres on two birds rather than one a less common arrangement in the Hundred Birds series, and all the more striking for it. The pair occupy opposite axes of the composition, one elevated and watchful, one low and active, their positions creating a visual dialogue across open space. Bairei uses this tension to animate the otherwise still format of the album, the blank ground becoming charged rather than empty. Linework is at its most refined