Herodias serpent art print held by two black clips: seven cobalt heads and ochre stars on ivory with a wide white border.

Herodias Serpent Art Print | Old Heaven

8" x 10" / Matte
$28.00
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Herodias serpent art print held by two black clips: seven cobalt heads and ochre stars on ivory with a wide white border.
  • Herodias serpent art print held by two black clips: seven cobalt heads and ochre stars on ivory with a wide white border.
  • Front of the Herodias art print: seven cobalt serpent heads beneath seven ochre stars on ivory, centered on white paper.
  • Herodias matte print partly unrolled from a kraft mailing tube, showing cobalt coils, ochre details and a white border.
  • Unframed Herodias serpent print on a geometric wood wall beside a decorated Christmas tree and gray sofa.
  • Herodias serpent art print held by two black clips: seven cobalt heads and ochre stars on ivory with a wide white border.
  • Front of the Herodias art print: seven cobalt serpent heads beneath seven ochre stars on ivory, centered on white paper.
  • Herodias matte print partly unrolled from a kraft mailing tube, showing cobalt coils, ochre details and a white border.
  • Unframed Herodias serpent print on a geometric wood wall beside a decorated Christmas tree and gray sofa.
Herodias Serpent Art Print | Old Heaven

Herodias Serpent Art Print | Old Heaven

$28.00
Size8" x 10"
PaperMatte

Berlin, 1905. A book so particular about its company that it arrived in seven copies on imperial Japan paper, with two more on parchment.

Melchior Lechter gave each of the seven a different adornment. Blue capitals. Gold rules. The sort of page that makes you turn down the lamp, then turn it up again.

The text was Mallarmé’s Hérodiade, carried into German by Stefan George. Its heroine preferred an exquisite distance. Lechter’s serpent appears to share the policy.

Seven heads, each beneath its own star. Cobalt necks rise from a knot of gold-patterned coils, composed with the fastidiousness of a jeweler and the assurance of someone whose name is already on the list. Sacred at first glance. Less reassuring when you count the mouths.

We were taken by that combination. The splendor, certainly. Also the complete absence of any wish to put you at ease. This is a creature that could keep a secret for centuries and consider the conversation unfinished.

An Old Heaven art print after Lechter’s Herodias ornament, with the ivory ground and blue-and-gold intricacy given room to breathe inside a generous white border.

Hang it where the afternoon light finds it. Your guests may ask what it means. You are under no obligation to make them comfortable.

Print details

  • 8 × 10-inch matte print on 189 gsm archival paper
  • Centered image panel: 3.62 × 4.83 inches, surrounded by generous white borders
  • Pigmented archival inks; the gold ornament is printed in ochre tones with a matte finish
  • Unframed; display accessories are not included
  • Printed to order for indoor display

Allow for a slight finished-size variation of up to 1/16 inch. Shipping is calculated at checkout.

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