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Saype

Un nouveau souffle – Moléson (CH)

2021

Hahnemühle Museum Etching 350 g paper

68 × 98 cm

Ed. 49/50 — 49/50 hand-signed, numbered, printed on Hahnemühle Museum Etching 350 g paper, and accompanied by its original certificate of authenticity

Location: Nussbaumen, Switzerland

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About the artwork

Set against an expansive alpine landscape, the composition captures an aerial perspective of a grassy mountain ridge where a large-scale figurative image is integrated into the terrain. The central motif depicts a figure seated on the slope, appearing to blow vapor or cloud formations into the surrounding atmosphere. The surrounding topography features rolling green pastures dropping away into cloud-filled valleys under a bright blue sky. The image serves as a photographic documentation of an ephemeral land art intervention created on location in the Swiss Alps. By merging human-scale gestures with vast geographic features, the project addresses themes of imagination, scale, and environmental coexistence. The reproduction preserves the textural qualities of the original installation while translating the monumental public work into an intimate archival format.

Expert opinion

This archival print bridges the gap between ephemeral public intervention and collectible studio output, translating a temporary site-specific gesture into a permanent market commodity. Within the broader context of contemporary urban art and land art practices, such editions provide institutional and private collectors access to otherwise inaccessible site-specific installations.

About the artist

Saype (b. 1989, France) is a contemporary artist renowned for his monumental works on grass using biodegradable pigments. A forerunner of committed land art, he gained international recognition with his Beyond Walls project, a worldwide series of intertwined hands symbolizing unity and solidarity, painted in cities all over the world, from Paris to Cape Town. At the crossroads of street art, land art and ecological awareness, his work invites us to rethink our relationship with others and with the planet.

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