COUPE-DE-GRACE

Coupe-de-Grâce is a cubist-inspired photo montage by Martin Osner that captures the electricity of a defining moment — two people sharing their very first passionate kiss. Fragmented shapes and layered impressions intertwine to reflect the emotional rush of love at first sight, where time slows, and everything else fades away.

Hand-embellished with delicate gold leaf, the piece glows with warmth and intensity, elevating the scene beyond mere memory into something sacred. The title, traditionally meaning a final blow, is reimagined here as love’s transformative strike — a moment that changes everything.

Artist: MARTIN OSNER 

Signed Limited Edition (20)

Medium: Archival print on fine art paper

• 76cm x 60cm / 30" x 23" (Including border)

 ABOUT THE ARTIST

On a winter's day in 1984 "photography" and I met quite by accident, an encounter that redirected my life and changed it forever. Over the past twenty-eight years, while walking a self-discovery path, my methodology has taken numerous detours. It is a journey that has refined a relaxed subconscious attitude, with a desire to express simplicity and honesty through my work. For me, a photograph holds an undeniable sense of realism, a new correlation that is easy to associate with. I see I understand; I experience, I connect. In my photography, I allow day to day life to inspire ... Read More >>