Nush Menna - LE FLAMBEAU VIVANT

THE LIVING FLAMBEAU NUSH Menna — 2026 Artist: NUSH Menna Title: The Living Flambeau Year of creation: 2026 Technique: oil on canvas Dimensions: 30 × 40 cm Work: original painting, unique piece Provenance: directly from the artist's studio Finish: final protective varnish Authenticity: certificate of authenticity signed by the artist Pictorial project: Spleen et Idéal — Les Fleurs du mal DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK The Living Flambeau is an original oil-on-canvas painting created by NUSH Menna in 2026, conceived as an autonomous pictorial study for the project Spleen et Idéal, inspired by Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire. The portrait features a contemporary young female figure, captured in an expression suspended between vulnerability and determination. The face occupies almost the entire pictorial surface, emerging from a dark background through a warm light that models the forehead, cheekbones, nose, and lips. The green-gold eyes constitute the emotional and visual center of the composition. The luminous reflections in the irises contrast with the deep shadows surrounding the gaze, creating a particular expressive intensity. The small gold nose ring, the glossy lips, and the hair falling over the face place the figure in the present, while the chiaroscuro construction recalls the great painting tradition of the seventeenth century. Beauty is not presented as mere aesthetic perfection, but as a complex presence in which fragility, desire, and a quiet form of resistance coexist. CRITICAL NOTE — THE LIVING FLAMBEAU The title is inspired by Baudelaire’s eponymous poem, contained in the Spleen et Idéal section of Les Fleurs du mal. In the poem, the beloved’s eyes become living torches: sources of light that guide the poet through darkness and transform the gaze into a force capable of directing desire. In NUSH Menna’s pictorial interpretation, this poetic image is translated into a contemporary face. The eyes are not merely anatomical detail, but the fulcrum of the entire composition. The light seems to concentrate in the irises, while the rest of the face oscillates between revelation and shadow. The figure looks directly at the viewer, establishing a silent confrontation in which it is no longer clear who is watching and who is being watched. The contrast between the almost photographic precision of the details and the depth of the chiaroscuro produces a tension between physical presence and interiority. As in Baudelaire’s poetry, light does not erase darkness: it exists through it. PAINTING TECHNIQUE The work is entirely handmade with oil paints on canvas. The pictorial construction proceeds through successive color layers, subtle glazes, and detailing with exceptionally fine brushes. Particular attention is given to rendering the transparency of the skin, the color variations of the complexion, the irises’ reflections, and the lips’ luminosity. The hair is defined with delicate brushstrokes that overlap illuminated areas and shadows. The surface preserves the matter and texture of the canvas, keeping the painting’s painterly nature recognizable even in the most precise passages. The figurative language merges a search rooted in hyperrealism with Caravaggian-inspired chiaroscuro. The work is finished with a final protective varnish. THE PICTORIAL PROJECT — SPLEEN ET IDÉAL Spleen et Idéal is a pictorial project by NUSH Menna currently in development, inspired by Charles Baudelaire’s poems gathered in Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil). The research stems from a desire to translate Baudelairean poetic sensibility into a series of contemporary portraits, through the medium of oil painting. Each work originates from a poem, without claiming to be its literal illustration. Faces become sites of confrontation between beauty and restlessness, desire and solitude, light and darkness. The contemporary aesthetics of the subjects intertwine with the traditional portrait painting, in particular with the dramatic use of chiaroscuro. The small-format paintings constitute preliminary studies for a future series of larger works, dedicated to archetypes and contradictions of the modern human being. These works represent the first nucleus of the research, yet each maintains its own artistic identity. Each painting is an original, unique, autonomous work. AUTHENTICITY AND PROVENANCE The Living Flambeau is an original and unique work by NUSH Menna, created in 2026. The painting comes directly from the artist’s studio and is accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity. It is not a print, reproduction, or work created by digital processes. FRAMING, PACKAGING, AND SHIPPING The work is offered without a frame. To ensure greater protection during transport, the painting will be carefully packaged and shipped rolled inside a rigid protective tube, using materials suitable for the conservation and shipment of paintings. If the final sale price significantly exceeds the reserve price, the artist may offer a simple frame, selected in harmony with the painting, as a complimentary gift. In this case, the work will be shipped already framed, with appropriate packaging. Where possible, recycled, reused, or recyclable materials will be favored, in keeping with a greater environmental awareness. Any frames and settings shown in photographs are illustrative only and are not included in the sale, except for the potential complimentary frame mentioned above. PHOTOGRAPH NOTES The photographs strive to accurately reproduce the colors and characteristics of the original painting. Small color differences may depend on the lighting used during shooting, the camera, and the device settings on which the images are viewed. Any staged photographs are illustrative simulations, intended to suggest possible placements of the work in domestic or exhibition settings. The painting’s proportions in the settings may differ slightly from the real ones. The actual dimensions of the work are 30 × 40 cm. ⸻ NUSH Menna — 2026 The Living Flambeau Oil on canvas — 30 × 40 cm Original unique work Project Spleen et Idéal — Les Fleurs du mal Certificate of authenticity included

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