Prunus Serrulata (Spring Study)

Yuko Hasegawa · 1987

Medium

Watercolour on Japanese paper

Dimensions

55 × 40 cm

Hasegawa made this study during a single week of peak bloom in Kyoto's Maruyama Park, sitting under the trees from dawn until the light failed. The branch is painted actual size. Three petals have already fallen and are rendered on the paper below the branch, as if mid-fall.