Year
2026
Series
Technique
Blue ink and gold leaf
Artwork size
56 × 76 cm
Support
Arches Satiné HP
Edition
Unique original
Presentation study
Passe-partout · gold frame
Type
Original work
Studio documentation
Johann Sauty · 1 June 2026
Story
Created in 2026 within Letter to Time, this self-initiated unique original studies the Reverso Hybris Artistica in blue ink and gold leaf.
This presentation preserves the work, its material language and its documented studio process. Johann Sauty’s photographs record the making before framing.
Read the material notes
Blue ink is not confined to the watch. It moves from the tourbillon’s mechanical architecture into the handwritten field around it, allowing technical drawing and personal narration to occupy the same sheet. From a distance, the watch holds the composition; at close range, the writing becomes a second image.
Gold leaf is present as matter rather than printed colour. Its visibility changes with light and viewpoint: at one angle it can recede into the paper; at another, it interrupts the blue with a reflective flash. The surface therefore asks the viewer to move, revealing something a single fixed photograph cannot fully retain.
That tension—between disciplined line, handwritten time and unstable reflected light—forms the material grammar of this Letter to Time.
Studio sequence
From line to leaf.
Five views of the work in progress. Swipe or scroll through the photographs; select Enlarge to view an image.
Work details
Inside the Atelier
The work
Reverso Hybris Artistica is a 2026 work in the Letter to Time series. Mauro Carraro records it as a self-initiated unique original rather than a commission. The artwork measures 56 × 76 cm; for this presentation, an owner-approved presentation study pairs the sheet with a passe-partout and gold frame.
Materials & technique
According to Mauro Carraro, the work combines blue ink and gold leaf on 300 g/m² Arches paper. In the photographed surface, the blue line constructs the watch and its surrounding handwritten narrative, while gold leaf is placed selectively over the drawn mechanism.
Studio process
Johann Sauty documented the work at Mauro Carraro’s atelier desk on 1 June 2026, before framing. The five photographs show the work in progress.
Exhibition context
Reverso Hybris Artistica is presented as an independent Letter to Time study.
Original work
The original Reverso Hybris Artistica
The studio catalogue records the artwork details, current availability and collection arrangements.
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