Cigne Noire
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Cigne Noire

Dawn Bassett

$7,650.00

1 in stock

PRODUCT DETAILS

  • Plaster and pigment on custom wood panel
  • 48" H x 48" W
"Cigne Noire" conjures a swan in its most dramatic and vulnerable moment — wings splayed, neck curling downward in a gesture that reads equally as ecstasy and surrender — rendered entirely in Bassett's signature Moroccan Tadelakt plaster and working within a palette of deep charcoal and graphite that gives the image the quality of something ancient, discovered rather than made. The relief work is masterful, the bird's form emerging from the textured ground with just enough dimension to cast subtle shadow, the feathered edges and sinuous neck carved with an expressiveness that belies the medium's architectural origins. It is a work of quiet intensity — the black swan of legend made tactile and timeless, beauty and darkness held inseparably in the same surface. A superb example of what can be accomplished when outdated limitations are removed, Dawn’s mastery of Tadelakt plaster takes the ancient into a new dimension. Hand created hues, unconventional forms and audacious wit are all hallmarks of Ms. Bassett’s creations.
Size + Price
48 x 48
$7650

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