Happy, with soft, silent steps, I slipped home carrying a bouquet of wild grasses

A red-haired woman bends her face towards a large bouquet of grasses held close to her. Black stems and small umbels pass in front of her hair and the patterns of her pale clothing.

A large copper-coloured celestial disc enters the top of the composition. Against the blue-green background, small orange squares and pale circles accompany the fine lines of the bouquet.

The disc and small squares reproduce copper leaf applications on the original. The print captures their tones behind the figure and plants.

Edition and presentation

A small edition of 50 numbered copies is offered for this work, presented in a black Madison floating frame.

Each limited edition is hand-signed and numbered by Lalou on the back of the print. It comes with a certificate, also signed, stating its edition number and the title of the work. All limited editions are presented in a floating frame.

The “Diptych” variant includes two panels: 50 × 70 cm and 26 × 70 cm. The displayed price for this variant covers both panels.

The 50 × 70 cm and 35 × 50 cm variants include the portrait alone, without a second panel.

To pair another work with this setting, discover “Among the few sparrows already awake, I whistle bursts of love to the faltering sun…”, offered in a limited edition of 50 copies in a black floating frame.

To hear the artist talk about her world, read our interview with Lalou Kraffe.

Quality and conservation

Printed on Canson Etching Rag 310 g/m² paper with Epson UltraChrome PRO12 pigment inks. According to Epson, these inks offer print permanence of up to 200 years in colour and 400 years in black and white, depending on the paper and the display and storage conditions.