Le Poeme de L'Extase: 2020

Poetry:Emily Dickinson, On my Volcano grows the grass/

Music: Alexander Scriabin, Le Poeme de L’extase +John Adams, Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes

24k Gold, with 133 bird feathers [including Lady Amherst Pheasant, Ring-Necked Pheasant, Silver Pheasant, Golden Pheasant, Grey Peacock Pheasant, Ocellated Turkey, Wild Turkey, Guinea Hen, Magellan Goose, Peacock, White Peacock, Princess of Wales Grass Parakeet, Conure, Budgerigar, Jungle Fowl, Tragopan, Flamingo, Cockatiel, Hamburg, Scarlet Macaw, Blue & Gold Macaw, and other birds], water-gilded cherry wood [wood, chalk, rabbit skin glue, bole, and water], poetry, and music.

33 ½ x 16 x 20 inches

Le Poeme de L'Extase: 2020 (Copy)
Le Poeme de L'Extase (Copy)
Le Poeme de L'Extase (Copy)
Le Poeme de L'Extase (Copy)
Le Poeme de L'Extase (Copy)
Le Poeme de L'Extase (Copy)
La Poeme de L'Extase (Copy)

process

Making of Le Poeme de L'Extase (Copy) (Copy)

Making of Le Poeme de L'Extase

Detail of working base, showing relationships of feathers to each other and the gold

Making of the Le Poeme de L'extase (Copy) (Copy)

Making of the Le Poeme de L'extase

Parchment: final tracing of the work before gilding and completion

Parchment Detail (Copy) (Copy)

Parchment Detail

Parchment, detail of one section, including Cardinal feathers 9, 10, 14 15, 19

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