"Untitled (Blue Egg)"

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Category: Painting

Michael Tole
United States

Description: This painting depicts a blue Faberge Egg. This body of work exemplifies the attempt of the American elite to define themselves via symbols of an all but extinct ruling class. The work also explores the exotic via reproduction (reproductions of Faberge Eggs, photographic reproduction, video, painting, etc) and the flavor imparted by the generations of reproduction to the final "art object".