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Powell Street Cable Car Screenprint | Nicky Watanabe

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Powell Street Cable Car

Name: Powell Street Cable Car
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 50394

Nicky Watanabe

$600

Japanese/American (1937)

Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 300
Image Size: 26 x 19.5 inches
Size: 30 in. x 23.5 in. (76.2 cm x 59.69 cm)

$600

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about Powell Street Cable Car

Navigating up and down a steep hill along defined tracks, several street cars of the California Street Railway prepare to let off and pick up passengers in this print by Nicky Watanabe featuring the famous Powell Street of San Francisco.

With a crowd waiting to board the next trolley, balloons are released into the air and float upwards, a hallmark of the artist's work celebrating historical locations and events.

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About The Artist: Nicky Watanabe

Watanabe was born in Japan in 1937. Educated there, he graduated college with a degree in Communications. As a result of his initial choice of a career in the television industry, he was sent to the United States to study our production techniques. This experience ultimately led to his decision to relocate to San Francisco in 1972. It was here that Watanabe began painting. Because of his outstanding use of color and unique ability to instill joy...

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About The Medium: Screenprint

A stencil process employing a frame on which silk or synthetic fabric is stretched. Stencils are hand-drawn or hand-cut and placed on the stretched fabric and act as a block out when the ink passes through the screen by means of a squeegee onto the paper, the non-stencil areas create the image. Also known as silkscreen or serigraph.

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