EDITION INFORMATION

This portrait is available as part of a strictly limited, artist-signed edition across three print sizes. Each print is individually numbered and produced to archival standards.

Next Available Edition Numbers:

Medium: 18 x 21 inches : 3/25

Large: 28 x 33 inches : 3/10

Extra Large: 40 x 47 inches : 1/3

Once all editions are sold, no further prints will be made.

ABOUT THE WORK

Ode to Nietzsche captures a moment of suspended tension — the body upright, arms slack, gaze tilted inward. The pose suggests a kind of surrender, but one charged with awareness. Framed against textured plaster, the figure recalls both a crucifixion and a philosopher at rest — stripped of certainty, but not of presence.

The quiet revelation of nudity here is neither confrontational nor coy. The subject’s bare form — lean, classical, and tenderly lit — belongs to the logic of the photograph itself: unguarded, grounded, and elemental. The soft fall of fabric across the hips preserves a tension between modesty and exposure, while the pubic hair, subtly visible, evokes a kind of human immediacy — an unadorned truth.

This is not an image that demands attention through spectacle. It offers instead a meditation on vulnerability, poise, and the gravity of introspection — a portrait that opens inward as much as it addresses the viewer.

ARTWORK FORMAT AND MATERIALS

Each fine art print is produced on Hahnemühle Baryta Rag — a museum-grade, 100% cotton archival paper renowned for its luxurious surface and luminous detail. Prints are surrounded by a 1.5 inch white border and are hand-signed and editioned by the artist. Works are shipped unframed to ensure preservation and collector flexibility.

PRICING AND SELECTION

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COLLECTOR NOTES

• ✅ Signed and numbered by Troy Schooneman

• ✅ Archival, museum-grade print quality

• ✅ Strictly limited edition — no reprints once sold out

• ✅ Certificate of Authenticity available upon request

• ✅ Ships professionally packaged and unframed

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