Monocerus - Guardian Series
Regular priceCHF 5,000.00 Sale priceOr rent from CHF 200 / month (Switzerland only)
- ✓ Unique original, directly from the artist (studio in Niederrohrdorf)
- ✓ Verisart certificate of authenticity issued with your purchase
- ✓ 14-day return window (return shipping paid by the buyer)
- ✓ Shipping: free in Switzerland, flat CHF 150 to the EU, worldwide from CHF 200 (shown at checkout)
- ✓ Pay by Twint, card, PayPal, Klarna
- ✓ Free advice: send a photo of your room and I will suggest the right work
There is a blue that doesn't exist in any tube.
Schibli mixed it himself — pigment by pigment, test by test — until it held a depth no manufacturer's blue could reach. Not indigo, not cobalt, not navy. Something between all three, and older than any of them.
He named the painting after a unicorn. Not the storybook kind — the constellation, faint and easy to miss unless you know exactly where to look. A creature made of stars that most people walk past without noticing.
That's what Monocerus asks of you. Not a glance. A look.
The gold frame doesn't announce the painting — it holds it, the way a reliquary holds something it isn't trying to explain. Inside, the blue does the work: pooling, thinning, refusing to resolve into a single shade no matter how long you stand there.
This is the flagship of the Guardian Series for a reason. Everything the series is reaching for — protection, patience, presence — is already here, fully formed, in 170 by 150 centimetres of paint that took years to become just one colour.
Questions about this work? Get in touch through the enquiry page.
Monocerus - Guardian Series
- High Pigment Handmade Schibli Blue Acrylics on Italian Canvas
- Dimensions 170cm x 150cm
- This work is original
- 2019
- Gold Frame
- A Verisart blockchain certificate of authenticity is issued with your purchase
- Shipping: Switzerland free, EU and Liechtenstein flat CHF 150, rest of world CHF 200–1400, depending on order value (final cost shown at checkout). Dispatched from the studio within 7 days. Returns accepted within 14 days of receipt; return shipping is paid by the buyer.
Delivery & hanging
Packing & dispatch: Every work is packed securely in the studio and dispatched within 7 days.
On arrival: Please check the work straight away and photograph any transport damage before you discard the packaging. Then write to me via the enquiry page.
Hanging: Hang the work with its centre at eye height, about 145 cm from the floor. For large or heavy works, check the wall, use suitable wall anchors and hang it with a second person. Keep it out of direct sunlight, away from radiators and damp rooms.
Unsure how it will look in your room? Send me a photo of your wall and I will suggest the right work and size.