{"product_id":"kat-allibe-unbecoming-original-oil-on-canvas-signed-2026","title":"Kat Allibe \"Unbecoming\" — Original Oil on Canvas, Signed, 2026","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn oil on canvas from Kat Allibe's \u003cem\u003eBeyond the Veil\u003c\/em\u003e series, and the clearest statement of her method in the collection. The figure was built up in layers and then deliberately taken apart — paint applied and scraped back, the surface scratched through, colour buried beneath colour and reopened, metallic pigment introduced and then distressed before it could settle into ornament. What remains on the canvas is the record of that removal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe face is left unresolved. Passages of the figure dissolve into the ground; others surface unexpectedly into light. This is not an unfinished painting — it is the artist's fixed rule, and the reason the work holds attention: the eye keeps completing what the hand declined to close. Traces of earlier states stay visible beneath what came after. Nothing has been fully erased.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title carries the argument. Not the accumulation of identity but its subtraction — the removal of what was never hers, until what is left is enough to stand on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eKat Allibe was born in France and lives and works in Reno, Nevada. She painted privately for more than thirty years while running an international marketing career, producing over 150 works that never entered the market. In 2025 she entered formal study at the Milan Art Institute, named her method \u003cstrong\u003eEmotional Impressionism\u003c\/strong\u003e, and began \u003cem\u003eBeyond the Veil: Paintings of the Invisible Self\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eViridian Eclection is the artist's private dealer for original works. This painting comes directly from her studio — artist to dealer to collector, with no intermediate hands — and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued and signed by the artist. Allibe's originals have not previously been offered for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eArtist\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eKat Allibe (Catherine Allibe), French, working in Reno, Nevada\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eTitle\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnbecoming\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDate\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eMedium\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOil on canvas\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSeries\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBeyond the Veil: Paintings of the Invisible Self\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDimensions\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 x 32 in (61 x 81 cm)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSignature\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSigned by the artist\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eFraming\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnframed; ready to hang or frame to specification\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eAuthentication\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCertificate of authenticity issued and signed by the artist\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eProvenance\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDirect from the artist's studio via Viridian Eclection, private dealer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eCondition\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eExcellent original condition as released by the artist. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eAvailability\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA painting at this scale sets the temperature of a room and then holds it. Because the face never resolves, this one does not settle into the wall — it stays interesting on the four-hundredth viewing, which is the only test that matters for work you live with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a designer it answers the hardest line in a scheme: one commanding piece with real authorship behind it. For a collector the position is rarer — a thirty-year practice, a named and codified method, and a market record that begins now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable for private viewing at The Morris Hotel Building, Reno. Trade and design enquiries welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48047584215145,"sku":"VE-0749","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/3670e5_a8bcaf182b6d4a4c8a1ffc4fd513ae53_mv2_962cf8ec-f69c-4dda-81dd-d401fe1bf5f0.png?v=1789302611","url":"https:\/\/viridianeclection.com\/products\/kat-allibe-unbecoming-original-oil-on-canvas-signed-2026","provider":"Viridian Eclection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}