#art fire

La Pucelle

archival print on paper, ash (edition of 19)

12" x 16"

2017

The original oil on paper painting was completed in the winter of 2017 and set on fire in the early spring. What remains is an edition of archival prints that have been signed, titled, and numbered using the ashes of the original painting.
What the work asks is whether or not these prints usurp the role of the the painting in its permanent absence. 

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