Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 3 x 3 1/2 inches
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Latvian, 1959
Date finished: 2000
Edition: AP of 50

Recommended by Nikki (Fine Print Photographer & Content Publisher):

"In ‘Deal’ Latvian artist, Nele Zirnite, playfully mixes up what the viewer knows to be true in her surrealist image. What if birds traded their feathered wings to humans in exchange for metal wings? Would it be a good deal? Would birds use their new human made wings? How would humans use their new wings? We get a small glimpse into this imaginary world and see black birds all sitting in the trees with their metallic wings. The bird closest to the viewer, taking up most of the foreground, is much larger than the human resting on its back.The human is not using their wings, but is instead, gazing up and away from the bird and viewer and seems almost oblivious to the birds. This tiny etching measures three and a half inches on its longest edge. In this small amount of real estate, Zirnite reminds her viewers of the largeness of asking ourselves ‘what if?’, while also hinting at the importance of being content with the gifts we do have."