Artwork
ANEMONE
ANEMONE is a print by Micaela Eleutheriade. It dates from 1941 and is held in the collection of the National Museum of Art of Romania.
About this work
Overview
Micaela Eleutheriade’s work titled ANEMODE, dated approximately 1941, presents a close‑up view of a handwritten inscription on a weathered substrate. The faded letters form the word “Anemone” in uneven strokes, set against a muted palette of gray tones interspersed with darker smudges and subtle red specks.
Subject & Meaning
The inscription directly references the anemone flower, a motif that often carries associations with fragility and transience. By rendering the name in a hand‑written, deteriorating form, the piece invites contemplation of memory, loss, and the passage of time as it evokes a forgotten note or label.
Technique & Style
Eleutheriade employs a restrained visual language, allowing the texture of the worn surface to dominate. The uneven lettering suggests a manual hand, while the limited color range—grayish background, dark smudges, faint reds—creates a subdued, almost archival atmosphere that emphasizes material decay over decorative detail.
History & Provenance
Created around the early 1940s, the work reflects the artist’s engagement with everyday objects and ephemera during a period marked by global upheaval. Its provenance remains limited to the artist’s own archive, with no recorded exhibition history beyond its inclusion in recent digital catalogues.
Artist & collection
Artist
Micaela Eleutheriade (1900–1982) was a noted Romanian painter and engraver. She was a descendant, through her mother, of the painter Gheorghe Tattarescu, the pioneer of neoclassicism in Romania.
