Cat. № POSTER-185 · Archive reference image
Parallel Celebrities № 185
L'Inconnu: La Révolte Classique
Available · one owner onlyArchive note
A portrait of an unidentified man in fedora and dark suit, rendered in classical oil-painting style and encased in ornate gold leaf framing, bears contemporary graffiti tags across its surface. The work was exhibited at an unnamed Parisian gallery under the cryptic title 'The Unknown: Classic Revolt'—suggesting either a lost 1990s appropriation art show or a fabricated cultural moment when high art and street vandalism were briefly reconciled. Collectors of European conceptual ephemera and alternate-history gallery ephemera will recognize the strategy.
One artifact. One owner. On acquisition it is permanently retired from the archive. You receive the high-resolution file and a signed certificate of exclusivity.
About the certificate →Print specification
1536 × 2752 px · 4.2 MP · portrait
- Section
- Parallel Celebrities
- Style
- oil painting with graffiti intervention, classical portraiture, gallery announcement
- Mood
- conspiratorial, subversive, nostalgic
- Palette
- cream, gold, charcoal, black
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