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Original oil painting by Enigma, titled She Breathes the Room In, dated 2026, 100 by 75 cm with 2.5 cm depth, 4 kg, in excellent condition, a surrealist work hand-signed on reverse with certificate of authenticity, mounted on a hand-stretched wooden chassis with no external frame and painted edges, created in Italy as an original, direct from the artist.
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Title: She Breathes the Room In
Description: A pale-haired woman floats within a box-like interior, her teal gown billowing as though submerged in invisible water, her bare feet barely grazing the floor. Eyes closed, expression suspended between surrender and stillness, she exists in a space that contains her yet cannot quite hold her. The room folds inward - dark teal walls, a softly glowing lamp bleeding warmth from beyond the frame - as if the interior itself is a mind remembering. Smooth, deliberate brushwork renders fabric and flesh with quiet precision against muted, layered tones.
-- Dimensions: 100 x 75 x 2.5 cm
-- Mounting: Professionally hand-stretched on a wooden chassis.
-- Framing: None (no external frame); painted edges ready for display.
-- Medium: Premium artists' oil colors on fine canvas.
-- Style: Psychological Surrealism with a smooth brush texture.
-- Authentication: Signed 'Enigma' on reverse with title and year.
-- Condition: Pristine; dispatched from studio-affiliated workshop.
-- COA: Hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity included.
-- Shipping: Custom protective packaging; Catawiki Smart Shipping with full tracking and insurance.
About the Artist
The contemporary Italian artist working under the moniker Enigma creates arresting, psychologically charged surrealist artwork. Using their own form as the central model, the artist projects themselves into vast worlds of pure imagination. Rather than telling a definitive story, each canvas poses a profound question-acting as an intimate, psychological dreamscape where reality, memory, and the subconscious intersect to challenge the viewer's perceptions through classical traditions and modern illusion.
Central to Enigma's philosophy is the rendering of these self-portraits as genderless, androgynous figures. By seamlessly blending traditionally masculine and feminine aesthetics, the artist transcends specific personal identity. This deliberate ambiguity strips away societal labels, inviting viewers to project their own emotions onto the canvas and allowing the imagination to confront its own interpretations of the shared human experience.
Enigma's visual language is defined by a masterful use of nested realities and "portal" storytelling. Compositions frequently feature a distinct frame-within-a-frame technique, where entirely different environments cut through the background, seamlessly bleeding into the foreground or melting into the rich drapery worn by the subject. Paying homage to classic surrealism, these narrative dreamscapes are populated by an ever-changing cast of symbolic elements, beautifully offset by bold, flat blocks of vivid, contrasting color fields.
Characterized by a deliberate, smooth brush technique, the artist's meticulous application of paint gives the canvas a clean, luminous quality. This allows soft lighting, subtle shadows, and intricate folds of fabric to take center stage. Every artwork is a strictly unique, unrepeatable original.
Title: She Breathes the Room In
Description: A pale-haired woman floats within a box-like interior, her teal gown billowing as though submerged in invisible water, her bare feet barely grazing the floor. Eyes closed, expression suspended between surrender and stillness, she exists in a space that contains her yet cannot quite hold her. The room folds inward - dark teal walls, a softly glowing lamp bleeding warmth from beyond the frame - as if the interior itself is a mind remembering. Smooth, deliberate brushwork renders fabric and flesh with quiet precision against muted, layered tones.
-- Dimensions: 100 x 75 x 2.5 cm
-- Mounting: Professionally hand-stretched on a wooden chassis.
-- Framing: None (no external frame); painted edges ready for display.
-- Medium: Premium artists' oil colors on fine canvas.
-- Style: Psychological Surrealism with a smooth brush texture.
-- Authentication: Signed 'Enigma' on reverse with title and year.
-- Condition: Pristine; dispatched from studio-affiliated workshop.
-- COA: Hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity included.
-- Shipping: Custom protective packaging; Catawiki Smart Shipping with full tracking and insurance.
About the Artist
The contemporary Italian artist working under the moniker Enigma creates arresting, psychologically charged surrealist artwork. Using their own form as the central model, the artist projects themselves into vast worlds of pure imagination. Rather than telling a definitive story, each canvas poses a profound question-acting as an intimate, psychological dreamscape where reality, memory, and the subconscious intersect to challenge the viewer's perceptions through classical traditions and modern illusion.
Central to Enigma's philosophy is the rendering of these self-portraits as genderless, androgynous figures. By seamlessly blending traditionally masculine and feminine aesthetics, the artist transcends specific personal identity. This deliberate ambiguity strips away societal labels, inviting viewers to project their own emotions onto the canvas and allowing the imagination to confront its own interpretations of the shared human experience.
Enigma's visual language is defined by a masterful use of nested realities and "portal" storytelling. Compositions frequently feature a distinct frame-within-a-frame technique, where entirely different environments cut through the background, seamlessly bleeding into the foreground or melting into the rich drapery worn by the subject. Paying homage to classic surrealism, these narrative dreamscapes are populated by an ever-changing cast of symbolic elements, beautifully offset by bold, flat blocks of vivid, contrasting color fields.
Characterized by a deliberate, smooth brush technique, the artist's meticulous application of paint gives the canvas a clean, luminous quality. This allows soft lighting, subtle shadows, and intricate folds of fabric to take center stage. Every artwork is a strictly unique, unrepeatable original.
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Artist
Enigma
Sold with frame
No
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Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
She Breathes the Room In
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
100 cm
Width
75 cm
Weight
4 kg
Style
Surrealism
Period
2020+
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