Miquel Barceló
Cahier de Félins
(SOLD OUT EDITION)
The most valuable and oldest collection of cave art in the world, the Chauvet cave, is the core of inspiration for a series of watercolors by Miquel Barceló. The visual impact that the artist experienced when contemplating the paintings of this cave are reflected in an original work that merges two periods of art history.
ARTIKA presents a limited edition of 2,998 copies, numbered and signed by the artist himself, in which Barceló offers us his particular vision of the Chauvet cave.
Cahier de félins shows the reproduction of 37 drawings exhibited in a monumental notebook, a sequence of felines in which Barceló fuses the movement of the past with that of the present in a single, firm and sure stroke.
A book of studies, designed for the reader to enjoy the same sensation, the same visual impact and the same emotion that the artist experienced when he entered the cave. All the components to discover Chauvet through the protagonists and great specialists.
Conceived under the artist’s guidelines, a natural and elegant maple wood case collects the exclusive elements of this unrepeatable jewel. A self-portrait of Miquel Barceló interpreting himself as a feline is reproduced in pyrography, created expressly for this edition, which gives even more strength and personality to this unique work.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
CASE
- White maple wood box with pyrography printing on the lid.
- 15 cm wide sash in rustic cotton fabric in ecru with BARCELÓ name printed on it and magnetic clasp.
- Size: 49 x 37 x 5,5 cm.
ART BOOK
- Cover lined in ecru cotton paperback with a reproduction of an exclusive drawing by Miquel Barceló for the book.
- Printed in 4 inks
- Volume numbered and signed by Miquel Barceló.
- Number of pages: 144
- Size: 43 x 33 cm
STUDY BOOK
- Cover lined in ecru cotton paperback.
- Combined five-color and two-color printing on two types of paper.
- Dry stamping on one side
- Number of pages: 112
- Size: 43 x 33
FOLDER + NUMBERED PLATE
- Print selected by Miquel Barceló with the same numbering as the copy corresponding to the work.
- Printed in 4 + 1 inks
- Creasing and folding in diptych with protective translucent paper
- Size: 88 x 33 cm
PRODUCTION PROCESS
Printing, in four and five inks, is carried out guaranteeing the preservation of the colors of the original notebook.
Under the supervision of the artist, experts in graphic arts review the illustrations in detail for approval or discarding.
The books, hand-sewn with high quality vegetable thread, have been signed, one by one, by Miquel Barceló.
The volumes are covered in ecru-colored paperback cloth. Specialists in bookbinding guarantee a perfect finish.
The case is handcrafted in solid maple wood. A drawing made exclusively for this work is reproduced on its cover.
The cover of the case is stamped by pyrography, a technique that consists of burning the surface of the wood by regulating the intensity of the heat.
The band, with a magnetized closure system, is lined in the same way as the books and stamped with the artist’s name.
Each volume is a unique handcrafted piece that has undergone a careful process of printing, sewing, binding and boxing.
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