Cadre étoilé
Sublimation Dye Print on Aluminum
48” × 48” (Frame 49” × 49”)
Signed Edition of: 7
39” × 39” (Frame 40” × 40”)
Signed Edition of: 10
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered on artist’s label on verso
A glimpse upward into the ornate dining room of the Musée d’Orsay’s restaurant—originally designed as a ballroom in the former Orsay train station, completed in 1900—reveals a gilded frame that anchors the space in the refined elegance of French neoclassicism and Baroque tradition. Within this richly detailed setting appears a fragment of Vincent van Gogh’s La Nuit étoilée (1888), painted directly onto the ceiling.
The contrast is striking: Van Gogh’s swirling, expressive brushstrokes and vibrant night sky—painted just over a decade before the ballroom’s completion—bring a lively spontaneity that gently disrupts the room’s formal grandeur. This suspended scene invites a dialogue between the room’s historic grace and the immediacy of post-Impressionist vision, offering a glimpse of modernity framed by tradition.
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