Limited Edition: Farewell by James Edward Scherbarth

A red boat, empty, and a small family of stones on the way out.

Farewell is a limited edition by James Edward Scherbarth (1949-2021), on gsm paper. Spare arrangements of everyday forms on a bare ground have a long history in still life, and they are often read as quiet meditations on presence and absence. A boat-shaped vessel lies at the left, rose red below and patterned with fine stippling above. Beside it, a pale stone is flanked by smaller ones in olive and gray, stacked loosely together. Generous white surrounds both. It is 24 inches wide and 18 high.

Goodbyes rarely look this composed.