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YZ Yseult DignanYZ Women From Another Century Who Are Alternately Fatal, Dreamy And Provocative2014
2014
$12,282.54
£8,985
€10,493.85
CA$17,127.38
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About the Item
YZ / pseud. Yseult Dignan.
French ( b.1975 ).
Women From Another Century.
Indian Ink On Silk Paper Applied Onto Canvas.
Signed, Dated & Titled On The Reverse.
Image size 31.9 inches x 45.7 inches ( 81cm x 116cm ).
Frame size 33.3 inches x 47.2 inches ( 84.5cm x 120cm ).
Available for sale, this original painting is by the French urban street artist YZ (the pseudonym of Yseult Digan) and is dated 2014.
The painting is presented and supplied in its original frame (which is shown in these photographs).
The artwork is in a good condition. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.
The painting is signed, dated and titled on the reverse.
Yseult Digan, known as YZ (pronounced “eyes”) is an international acclaimed Franco-British visual artist and street artist.
She was born in 1975 in Chateauroux, in the Centre region of France. She grew up in La Borne (Cher), a small village known for its pottery tradition and surrounded by a forest.
She inherited her love of art from her French father, who was a sculptor, and her English mother, who was a ceramicist. Her upbringing was full of creativity and as a child she was often modelling clay in her mother’s studio, creating little houses and pots. She was also inspired by music which led to her studying audiovisual media. This training led her into filmmaking and documentary work, which she explored for several years, whilst continuing to draw and paint.
She arrived in Paris in 2000 and started painting in the street with a friend, experiencing different urban techniques like spray painting, brushwork and stencils. She soon became enchanted by the works of Ernest Pignon-Ernest. Her interested was not just in image but always in people, identity and portraiture.
In 2003, she launched Open Your Eyes, in collaboration with Missill. In this project she installed 30 large portraits (stencils) on dilapidated walls and buildings around Paris; the positions of the installations when connected on a map reproduce a face itself. This became her first major recognised street-art intervention. She created the original art work on large craft paper sheets, before plastering them up around the city walls like posters. As a result, this urban work had a fleeting, transient quality, becoming part of the cityscape before fading. She later reprised this project in capitals around the world, notably in New York, Berlin, London, Moscow, Brazzaville, Bamako and Hong Kong.
Over time, YZ has developed a distinctive aesthetic: working often in black and white, with Indian ink washes, often on delicate supports like silk paper, craft paper, or other surfaces which interact with texture (metal, wood, brick, etc.).
YZ’s work consistently centres around portraiture and representation, especially women. Her series Women from Another Century (Femmes d’un autre siècle) was inspired by 1920s historical photographs, revived via her delicate techniques, to question beauty standards, gendered stereotypes, memory and identity. The series drew together monochrome portraits of famous and unknown women from the part, both nostalgic yet instantly modern due to their physical surroundings and the choice of medium.
Other series include Angel (inspired by statues / funerary sculpture, etc.), Amazone, Empress, Back to the Roots, and Street Vendors. These explore themes such as female strength and dignity, cultural heritage, colonial history, visibility of people often marginalized by mainstream history or public spaces.
YZ’s work has been exhibited widely: major exhibitions include the Centre Pompidou, Foundation Cartier, the Art Science Museum (Singapore), and more.
In 2017–2018, she was selected by President Emmanuel Macron to design a new image for ‘Marianne’, the allegorical figure which is the symbol of the French Republic. Her design ‘Marianne L’Engagée’ was approved for use on everyday postage stamps.
Other notable commissions include a monumental work for Eurotunnel between Folkestone (UK) and Coquelles (France) and large public wall works in various countries.
YZ sees her art as engaged: she aims to restore visibility, dignity, memory to those figures (often women) forgotten or sidelined by history. She is interested both in the political/historical dimension and the poetic/intimate dimension of her subjects.
The choice of support and material is integral: the textures of surfaces (walls, paper, metal, etc.) are part of the meaning; fragility, temporality (many street works are ephemeral), and the gesture (ink, wash) are essential.
After living and working for many years in places like Senegal and the Ivory Coast YZ currently lives and works in the Montreuil area of France.
She continues to exhibit globally and to produce works both for public spaces and gallery settings. She is represented by French galleries, and her works appear in public art biennales.
© Big Sky Fine Art
This striking original artwork was created in 2014 by Yseult Dignan, known as YZ, the internationally acclaimed French female street artist celebrated for her bold and thought-provoking works. Executed in Indian ink on silk paper applied onto canvas, this piece belongs to her renowned series “Women from Another Century”, which has been exhibited in major galleries and cultural institutions across the world.
The artwork presents a powerful reclining female nude figure, rendered with sensitivity and elegance, capturing both the timeless beauty and quiet strength of the female form. YZ’s unique technique combines traditional materials with a contemporary street art sensibility, making this piece a rare and highly collectible work.
As part of the globally recognised “Women from Another Century” project, this artwork explores themes of femininity, representation, and the reimagining of historic archetypes through a modern lens. The series has been widely exhibited and praised for its fusion of fine art, ink drawing, and street art aesthetics.
The piece is signed, dated, and titled on the reverse by the artist, confirming its authenticity. With YZ’s established reputation in the international art world, this original work is not only visually captivating but also a significant collector’s item.
- Creator:YZ Yseult Dignan (1975, French)
- Creation Year:2014
- Dimensions:Height: 33.27 in (84.5 cm)Width: 47.25 in (120 cm)Depth: 2.17 in (5.5 cm)
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- Condition:The painting is presented and supplied in its original frame (which is shown in these photographs). The artwork is in a good condition exhibiting no issues. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.
- Gallery Location:Sutton Poyntz, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU489316985552
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