“Morel Doucet’s ceramic piece The Death of Venus (A New Republic) counters meaning in the fifteenth-century painting The Birth of Venus by Italian artist Sandro Botticelli. In Botticelli’s work, a naked, white Venus approaches the seashore on a shell propelled by a wind god. In a gesture of modesty, she covers her breast with her hand and bundles her long, flowing hair to conceal her genitalia. Venus is “a welcoming and feminine figure in art history” (Witwer 2017). Botticelli paints her proportions in “accordance with a canon of harmony and ideal beauty…includ[ing] the measurement of an equal distance between the breasts, and between the navel and breasts, and between navel and crotch” (Hagen & Hagen 2003). In so doing, the image of Venus perpetuates a Western template for constructing norms of womanliness.” - Marsha Pearce, scholar, writer, educator, and curator

• Photo is printed on a beautiful Hahnemühle Fine Art Photo Rag (100% Cotton Paper).
  

• Photos are carefully color balanced to capture the essence of the artwork.
  

• The photo is signed and numbered by Morel Doucet.
  

• Artwork original produce March 15th, 2019.
  

• Price: $800 for Grande print 20” x 30” Hahnemühle Fine Art Photo Rag (100% Cotton Paper)
  Price: $1200 for Deluxe print 24” x 36” Hahnemühle Fine Art Photo Rag (100% Cotton Paper)
  

• Limited edition of 10 Grande prints + Certification of authenticity.
  Limited edition of 10 Deluxe prints  + Certification of authenticity. 
  

• Photography in collaboration with Pedro Wazzan.
  

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