{"product_id":"the-caress-between-lifetimes-intimate-collector-edition","title":"The Caress Between Lifetimes · Intimate Collector Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eAngkor Wat Temple, Angkor, Cambodia — 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited Edition Archival Pigment Print\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStrictly limited to 15 prints + 2 Artist’s Proofs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Number\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis listing is for the first numbered print from the 12-inch Intimate Collector Edition: 1\/15\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGold-toned black-and-white archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Bamboo — a museum-grade fine art paper chosen for its quiet tactility, warm natural tone, and reverent depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignature \u0026amp; Numbering\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndividually signed and numbered by the artist on the border (recto)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertificate of Authenticity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccompanies every print\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage Size\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e19 × 7.6 inches (48.3 × 19.3 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"747\" data-end=\"1061\"\u003eThe sun was descending when I found them: two apsaras leaning toward one another in the Cruciform Galleries of Angkor Wat, touched by the last warmth of day. Around them, the temple carried footsteps and distant chants; here, between the figures, another stillness gathered — intimate, inward, and lit from within.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1063\" data-end=\"1394\"\u003eThis intimate collector edition asks to be approached closely. At 19 × 7.6 inches, the long, narrow form draws the viewer toward the quiet space between the figures, where shadow, gold, stone, and breath seem to meet. The scale is not small in feeling, but close in spirit: a threshold of attention suited to private contemplation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1396\" data-end=\"1746\"\u003eI returned again and again, sketching, watching, waiting for the light to become more than illumination. The image was made on large-format black-and-white film, using long exposure and classical chiaroscuro to preserve the hush of the gallery. Later, in quiet devotion, I hand-toned the print in gold to echo the evening radiance I could not forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1748\" data-end=\"2099\"\u003ePrinted on Hahnemühle Bamboo, signed, numbered, and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, this first numbered print from the 12-inch equivalent edition is prepared as a close-held object of presence. It carries the Cruciform Galleries not as ornament, but as sacred intimacy: two figures, one silence, and the fading gold of an Angkor evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2101\" data-end=\"2159\"\u003eMay it rest where tenderness is still allowed to be quiet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2161\" data-end=\"2244\"\u003eEnter the \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/my-journal\/tagged\/the-caress-between-lifetimes\"\u003eArtist’s Journal\u003c\/a\u003e to step deeper into the silence between shadow and gold.\\\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2161\" data-end=\"2244\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lucas Varro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55231916999035,"sku":"148-12","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/0325\/3838\/files\/GoldenGoddesses_Study3.jpg?v=1751620794","url":"https:\/\/lucasvarro.com\/products\/the-caress-between-lifetimes-intimate-collector-edition","provider":"Varro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}