Sea of Redemption: Frontispiece #1008

Shezad Dawood (b.1974), Sea of Redemption, Frontispiece #1008, 2023. Expanded NFT: ERC-721 (NFT) + redeemable for neon sculpture, approximately 140 x 140 x 13 cm. Redemption cost (approx.): USD 29,000. Redeem at zien.io.

At the pinnacle of the Late Victorian Gothic Revival, the Mermes infiltrated landed gentry and aristocratic commissioned books by embodying witty piscatorial puns in illustrated frontispieces, all the while transmitting transcendental energies of primaeval consciousness.