Print Purchase:

Image Size ( Best fit)	Edition	Price USD
8 by 12 inch (20 x 30 cm)	open	150
12 by 18 inch (30 x 40 cm)	180	300
16 by 24 inch (40 x 60 cm)	140	500
24 by 36 inch (60 x 90 cm)	100	750
30 by 44 inch (75 x 112 cm)	50	1,200

 

 

Title: Ossuary Gallery

Media: Ektachrome

Format: 2 1//4

Date: 1980

Location: Paris France

Art Print: All images are printed on Hahnenmuhle paper (Photo Rag 310g or German Etching 310g), using Ultrachrome K3 Inks.

• neutrally sized and therefore acid free
• possess a pH value between 7,5 and 9,5
• at least 4% calcium carbonate ( buffered against air pollution )
• wood-free
• made from chlorine-free bleached pulp and/or rag fibres
• lightfast
• age resistance – more than 100 years

Edition: Each print is signed by the Artist and numered (Limited Edition) to be delivered with its own registered certificate of authenticity.

 

Comment: In 1795, the cemeteries of Paris were so overcrowded that corpses were popping up to the ground surface and in cellars of the houses nearby.  Needless to say, this created a very dangerous threat to public health.  So, a decision was made to empty the cemeteries and crudely dump the remains of 6 million Parisians in the quarries.  This morbid transfer was done at night, under the guise of darkness and out of the discerning view of the public.  The most extraordinary fact of this years-long effort is that the workers, instead of piling up skulls and bones, have created a very artistic display of the remains, which serve as their own tombstones, expressing philosophical statements on Life and Death