FOUNTAIN – Jaume Plensa (2006)

This lithograph from Jaume Plensa’s Serie Anónimos shows the serene face of a bald-headed figure, frontally composed and marked by the descending word FOUNTAIN. Printed vertically, the term evokes purity, flow, origin — yet the black ink streaming from the top edge disrupts any idealization. Like water turned to ink, the “fountain” becomes metaphysical: a place of emergence that is also obscured, wounded, blurred.

Technical Sheet
Title: FOUNTAIN
Artist / Author: Jaume Plensa
Date: 2006
Edition: Open edition (Serie Anónimos)
Signed: No (studio-printed credit likely on verso)
Technique / Printing Method: Offset lithography
Medium / Materials: Ink on translucent vegetal paper
Dimensions: 30 × 22 cm (image), 39 × 28 cm (mounted)
Condition: Excellent