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Mixed-Media Panels
Etruria
2026
Three mottled stone forms — a handled pitcher block and two tapered pillars — stand on a saturated orange-red ground over a darker textured band. Small carved stone butterflies are mounted to the pillars, echoing the signature at the lower left.
- Medium
- Hand-cut stone vessel and pillar forms with carved stone butterflies on artist-built panel, painted hardwood frame
- Dimensions
- 22.5 × 18.5 × 4 in / 57.2 × 47 × 10.2 cm (framed)
- Weight
- 14.0 lb / 6.4 kg
Structural composition
- —Vessel, pillar, and butterfly forms cut by hand with chisel and rasp
- —Forms pinned to sealed artist-built panel
- —Layered pigment ground with granular texture in orange-red and umber
- —Wide hardwood frame, hand-painted in a mottled reddish-brown, mitred and splined
Conservation notes
Dust with a soft dry brush only. The stone is water-soluble — never clean with liquids. The painted frame should not be cleaned with solvents. Hang away from direct sun and HVAC vents.
Digital mint & provenance
A corresponding 1-of-1 digital mint and provenance record for this piece is established exclusively on Manifold.
This work is represented by RO Gallery, New York. Acquisitions are coordinated directly with the gallery, which will respond with the complete technical file and the artist's studio record.