# SAFRAN

Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world, harvested by hand, thread by thread, from a small purple flower. It is the color of robes and sunsets and old maps, and it carries all of that history into this painting. The deep, saturated yellows and golds push against dark marks and structural forms, creating a composition that feels both opulent and grounded, as rich as the spice it is named for.

Corcelle's work is shaped by the cultures she has moved through, and saffron is a color that belongs to many of them at once. This painting holds that global resonance lightly, wearing it the way a color worn often eventually becomes part of you.

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## Details

- **Price:** 2900.0 USD
- **Vendor:** Art Scout
- **Type:** Original Painting
- **Tags:** abstract art, buy original art online, Christiane Corcelle, collage, high contrast, mixed media, original painting, wall art, yellow painting

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## Images

- SAFRAN – mixed media painting by Corcelle in vivid saffron yellow and deep black with bold architectural cityscape-like forms evoking global travel
- SAFRAN by Corcelle – detail of saffron yellow forms emerging from deep black ground
- SAFRAN by Corcelle – full high-contrast canvas in saffron yellow and black with ambiguous architectural forms
- SAFRAN by Corcelle – close-up of bold yellow marks against dark mixed media ground
- SAFRAN by Corcelle – painting displayed in room context
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## Additional Information

- **Dimensions:** 24"×30"
- **Artist Material:** Mixed media on canvas
- **Artist Name:** Christiane Corcelle
- **About The Artist Link:** https://www.artscout.pro/collections/christiane-corcelle

### About The Artist Content

Christiane Corcelle is a French-American mixed media artist based in Massachusetts. Her intuitive, layered practice spans painting, printmaking, collage, and de-collage, building richly textured surfaces that invite close exploration. Guided by curiosity and openness to process, she transforms color, shape, and found materials into works that are both dynamic and contemplative.

Drawing inspiration from global experiences and cultural textures, Corcelle has exhibited widely across the United States and internationally, including shows in France, Vietnam, China, Cuba, Peru, and Azerbaijan. Her work is represented in public and private collections worldwide, among them the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), the Boston Public Library, the Art Complex Museum, the Contemporary Art Center, the Vietnam Fine Arts Association in Hanoi, the Danang Fine Arts Museum, the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, Universidade Feevale in Brazil, Las Casas de las Américas in Cuba, and the Permanent Collection of Château d’Orquevaux in Orquevaux, France.

She also designed 60 Years of North American Prints, the Boston Printmakers’ award-winning publication.

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> Updated: 2026-08-28