Headpiece by Jean-Baptiste Michel

Dimensions: Image: 2.2 × 8.7 cm (7/8 × 3 7/16 in.) Sheet: 3.1 × 9.6 cm (1 1/4 × 3 3/4 in.)

Copyright: CC0 1.0

Editor: Here we have Jean-Baptiste Michel's "Headpiece". It's a small print, a flourish of leaves frozen in ink. What do you make of it? Curator: It feels like a captured breath, doesn't it? Michel, born in '48, probably intended this as pure decoration. But look at the detail! Editor: You mean the way the leaves almost seem to be dancing? Curator: Exactly! It's like a tiny rebellion against the rigid formality of the time. Imagine this adorning some dry, dusty text. What a thrill! Editor: I hadn't thought of it that way, a little spark of life. Curator: Art often hides in the smallest details, doesn't it? This piece is a good reminder of it.

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