Je – L’air by Emilia Lemaire, 2026. A pale forearm and hand in salt, reaching in from the left and hanging loosely, on a deep green, salt-textured ground.
Je – L’air by Emilia Lemaire, 2026, seen from the side, showing the depth of the canvas and the salt surface. 
EL-S-001

Je – L’air


- 2026

- Series: Je, Tu, Il, Elle

- Oil and sea salt on linen

- 21.5 × 17 cm (8 1/2 × 6 3/4 in)

Description:

A forearm enters from the left edge and comes to rest on nothing. The wrist bends, the fingers fall loosely, as if the hand were laid on a surface that is not there.

The ground is a deep green, its crust of salt left rough and uneven. The arm is formed from finer, paler salt, its edges so soft they seem to dissolve. Salt, bound in a medium of the artist’s own making, holds the image together; small crystals catch the light across the surface.

Inscription:

Signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse

Provenance:

Collection of the artist

Available – price on request