The Crane

* Print due November, 2026. Pre-order now to secure and we’ll fulfil your order as soon as stock arrives.

Artist: James Jean

Title: The Crane
Print type: signed and numbered limited edition multi process print with intricate holographic and foil detailing and sculptural glass-like details and enhancements
Edition size: xxx
Print size: 48.5 x 61 cm (approx.)
Image size: 43 x 53.5  cm (approx.)
Framed size: 59 x 75.5 cm (approx.)

Standard frame: black mini retro frame with white mat / white mini retro frame with white mat / black box frame with white mat / white box frame with white mat

A note from the artist:

Crane brings the Thai Ma Song ritual into conversation with Renaissance portraiture. A female figure holds the crane as a divine instrument, transforming the piercing into a meditation on devotion and endurance. In a Ma Song ceremony, the devotee both absorbs and drives away misfortune on behalf of others by enduring an array of surreal ritual woundings. Renaissance portraiture, characterized by stillness and a frontal presence, imbues the sitter with a sacred aura. Across time and cultures, Crane shows how the human form becomes a conduit between divine forces and the world of the flesh.