No. 107979155

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Enigma - The Glass and the Harbor
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Enigma - The Glass and the Harbor

The Glass and the Harbor I sit fractured yet whole, my body dissolved into geometric shards of teal, amber, and shadow, while my face remains luminous, pale as porcelain, untouched by the breaking. I raise a glass of water to my lips with quiet ceremony, as though drinking from something I cannot name. Behind me, through an arched window, sailboats drift on calm blue water - a world I watch but never enter. My red garments blaze against the cool geometry surrounding me, the brushwork smooth and deliberate, each faceted plane catching light like shattered mirror. I am still. I am many. -- Dimensions: 120 x 80 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 via UPS, tracked & insured Presentation images: the room settings in the presentation images are digitally created for display purposes and are not part of the artwork. The artwork is a one-of-a-kind painting on canvas, painted entirely by hand. About the Artist Enigma is an Italian surrealist working across dream, disruption, and wit - never settling into one mood or one way of seeing. Some paintings are quiet and symbolic, others catch a moment coming apart mid-motion, others turn a playful, knowing eye on art history itself. What unites the work isn't a single style but a single instinct: reality treated as something soft enough to bend, fracture, or reimagine - rendered always in smooth, luminous brushwork and bold, contrasting color. Every canvas is one of a kind, never repeated.

No. 107979155

No longer available
Enigma - The Glass and the Harbor

Enigma - The Glass and the Harbor

The Glass and the Harbor

I sit fractured yet whole, my body dissolved into geometric shards of teal, amber, and shadow, while my face remains luminous, pale as porcelain, untouched by the breaking. I raise a glass of water to my lips with quiet ceremony, as though drinking from something I cannot name. Behind me, through an arched window, sailboats drift on calm blue water - a world I watch but never enter. My red garments blaze against the cool geometry surrounding me, the brushwork smooth and deliberate, each faceted plane catching light like shattered mirror. I am still. I am many.

-- Dimensions: 120 x 80 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 via UPS, tracked & insured

Presentation images: the room settings in the presentation images are digitally created for display purposes and are not part of the artwork. The artwork is a one-of-a-kind painting on canvas, painted entirely by hand.

About the Artist
Enigma is an Italian surrealist working across dream, disruption, and wit - never settling into one mood or one way of seeing. Some paintings are quiet and symbolic, others catch a moment coming apart mid-motion, others turn a playful, knowing eye on art history itself. What unites the work isn't a single style but a single instinct: reality treated as something soft enough to bend, fracture, or reimagine - rendered always in smooth, luminous brushwork and bold, contrasting color. Every canvas is one of a kind, never repeated.

Bidding closed
Nathalia Oliveira
Expert
Gallery Estimate € 1,000 - € 1,200

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