On February 21st, 2005, Zdzislaw Beksinski wrote in his journal: “Maybe, against all odds, I’ll manage to finish the painting today”. He finished it. And a few hours later, the painting signed “Y” became a silent witness of the artist’s death.

This painting inspired the RD Bijoux to create a collection paying tribute to the Master, whose photographs, sculptures, drawings, and paintings fascinate generations of art lovers all around the world for decades.

While this painting is more characteristic of the artist’s late works than of his most famous “fantastic period”, it certainly shows all of his mastery in color, form, and space handling. Using a very limited range of colors, Beksinski created an intriguing, both harmonious and dynamic volume that seems to emerge from the void.

As the story goes, this painting was actually inspired by an… earring, belonging to a friend of Beksinski. Making jewelry out a painting inspired by jewelry created a fascinating discussion between different forms of expression, but also between an original(s) and an original-inspired item(s).