If you are at all familiar with the work of artist Vik Muniz, you know it's not unusual for him to use such a bizarre medium as garbage, literally, in his artwork. In this beautiful limited edition ashtray, Muniz takes the classic 1818 painting by Caspar David Friedrich, The Wanderer, and recreates it in ashes and cigarette butts which was then photographed and screened into porcelain.Caspar David Friedrich's The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818):Muniz drew the image with ashes and butts, originally in 1999. He then photographed the image and had it screened onto a beautiful porcelain ashtray made at Limoges in Bernardaud, France. The rim of the ashtray is then hand-painted in silver leaf.Vik Muniz, Untitled ashtray, 1999Screen printed photograph on Limoges porcelain with hand-painted silver trim1¾ h. x 7½ x 6½ inches,Published by the Peter Norton Family Christmas Project.*Produced in a limited editionPriced at $650. You can order it by contacting info@artwareeditions.comOr for $500 (and 20% off right now), you can buy it at the MoMa store here*
