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Loretta Lux — The Irish Girls
Loretta Lux

The Irish Girls

Loretta Lux's *The Irish Girls* is a hauntingly ethereal dye destruction print that depicts two pale, porcelain-skinned children rendered with an uncanny stillness and dreamlike precision. The figures appear simultaneously timeless and otherworldly, their oversized eyes and muted, painterly surroundings evoking the aesthetic of vintage portraiture filtered through a distinctly surreal lens. Lux's meticulous digital manipulation transforms the photograph into something hovering between painting and reality, inviting quiet unease alongside a sense of fragile, melancholic beauty.

Medium
Dye destruction print.

🔨 Auction Lot

Important Photographs from the Collection of Dr. Anthony Terrana

April 2, 2013

Estimate: $7,000$9,000

Sold: $6,875

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Loretta Lux, The Irish Girls

Loretta Lux's *The Irish Girls* is a hauntingly ethereal dye destruction print that depicts two pale, porcelain-skinned children rendered with an uncanny stillness and dreamlike precision. The figures appear simultaneously timeless and otherworldly, their oversized eyes and muted, painterly surroundings evoking the aesthetic of vintage portraiture filtered through a distinctly surreal lens. Lux's meticulous digital manipulation transforms the photograph into something hovering between painting and reality, inviting quiet unease alongside a sense of fragile, melancholic beauty.

Medium
Dye destruction print.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

German Artist, Contemporary Photographer, Surrealist Photography, Digital Manipulation, Child Portraiture, Staged Photography, Figurative Art, Eerie Mood, Early 2000s, Female Artist, Cool Color Palette

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