THE GREAT WAVE BY HOKUSAI & ASTROLABE

THE GREAT WAVE OFF KANAGAWA BY KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI & THE ASTROLABE features two powerful works in one. Hokusai’s print The Great Wave Off Kanagawa is printed continuously across the multi-colored dial, case and strap, while imagery from The Astrolabe by Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-Battûtî spans the underside. The loop is printed with “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 "