Modern Photography Lafontaine, Marie-Jo 3 works. Roses, Aromes, Iris. 1995. Each a Cibachrome print on photographic paper. Each 72.5 x 72.5 cm. The reverse of each frame features a copy of the signed original certificate, as well as a typographically labelled tag containing further details of the work and information on its provenance. Each mounted on a backing board, set within a passe-partout and framed behind glass (unopened). Overall, in exceptionally clean and well-preserved condition. Magnificent, high-contrast and richly coloured prints. One of 7 copies. - Published by Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf. - Sensory intensity, transience and the sublime are categories that permeate Marie-Jo Lafontaine’s work and under whose premise she creates compositions that transcend the documentary. With conceptual precision, the artist has devoted herself to the plant world since the mid-1990s and, in this series too, transforms the floral subject into objects that appear almost representational, whose luminous, physical presence rhythmically shapes the surrounding space. 3 works. Each is a Cibachrome print on photographic paper. Each frame features, on the reverse, a copy of the signed original certificate and a typographically printed label containing further details of the work and information on its provenance. Each is mounted on a backing board, set within a passe-partout and framed behind glass (unopened). Overall, exceptionally clean and well-preserved. Magnificent, high-contrast prints with intense colours. – Sensory intensity, transience and the sublime are themes that run through Marie-Jo Lafontaine’s work; it is on the basis of these that she creates compositions which transcend the documentary. With conceptual precision, the artist has devoted herself to the plant world since the mid-1990s, and in this series too she transforms the floral motif into objects that appear almost representational, their luminous, physical presence rhythmically shaping the surrounding space.