Field Notes: Studio | Ex Unitate Vires in its new frame case

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Paul Emmanuel’s Ex Unitate Vires shown frontally in its new frame case at the framer’s studio in Johannesburg. — Paul Emmanuel, *Ex Unitate Vires*, shown in its new frame case at the framer’s studio, Johannesburg, 2026.

Paul Emmanuel, Ex Unitate Vires, 2020

Hand-incised, perforated carbon paper, carbon residue

63 × 73 cm

Recent views of Ex Unitate Vires in its new frame case at the framer’s studio in Johannesburg. These photographs document the work during framing, before it returns to the studio.

Paul Emmanuel’s Ex Unitate Vires in its new frame case inside the framer’s studio in Johannesburg.

Side view of Paul Emmanuel’s Ex Unitate Vires in its new frame case.

Surface detail of Paul Emmanuel’s Ex Unitate Vires showing the printed and marked image surface.

Close detail of the surface of Paul Emmanuel’s Ex Unitate Vires.

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