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Loretta Lux — Martha
Loretta Lux

Martha

A young girl gazes out with an ethereal stillness, her pale, porcelain-like features rendered in Lux's signature dreamlike aesthetic that blurs the boundary between photography and painting. The muted, desaturated tones of her surroundings lend the image an otherworldly, timeless quality, as though the child exists outside the natural world. Martha carries the quiet psychological tension characteristic of Lux's work, evoking both innocence and an unsettling sense of solitude.

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Under the Influence

March 8, 2013

Estimate: $8,000$12,000

Sold: $13,750

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Loretta Lux, Martha

A young girl gazes out with an ethereal stillness, her pale, porcelain-like features rendered in Lux's signature dreamlike aesthetic that blurs the boundary between photography and painting. The muted, desaturated tones of her surroundings lend the image an otherworldly, timeless quality, as though the child exists outside the natural world. Martha carries the quiet psychological tension characteristic of Lux's work, evoking both innocence and an unsettling sense of solitude.

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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Child Portrait, German Artist, Surrealist Photography, Muted Palette, Dreamlike Aesthetic, Contemporary Artist, Digital Photography, Eerie Mood, Early 2000s, Female Artist, Figurative

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