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Saint Miquel Cross
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The story behind the photograph

Fall of 2024 I was in Barcelona, Spain, and spent a day touring out to Montserrat. Hiked up to the Saint Michael’s Cross (Creu de Sant Miquel, standing 2,500 feet up, it’s easy to see why ancient pilgrims were spellbound by the view of the Montserrat Monastery tucked into the serrated cliffs. "Montserrat" translates to "serrated mountain" or "jagged mountain" in Catalan, and it makes complete sense when you see it. A truly unforgettable landscape.”

— Tom Bartel
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The story
Saint Miquel Cross, close up
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Close up
Saint Miquel Cross

33.5″ × 25.5″ on wall

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Gallery wall
Saint Miquel Cross

33.5″ × 25.5″ on wall

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Living room
Saint Miquel Cross

33.5″ × 25.5″ on wall

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Above the bed
Saint Miquel Cross

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Office
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Saint Miquel Cross

In Tom Bartel's words

“Fall of 2024 I was in Barcelona, Spain, and spent a day touring out to Montserrat.”

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Picture

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Format

Crisp detail on archival fine-art paper, set behind glazing in a gallery frame.

Size

Holds a wall on its own, over a console or desk

33.5″ × 25.5″ on the wall, with the frame

Good detail. Made to be seen from a step or two back, as a piece this size usually is.

Frame: Natural

$279
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A weathered summit cross, its shaft marked with stickers and scratched graffiti and its centre set with an ironwork rosette, rises from the lower left corner into an unbroken depth of blue. Behind it stand rounded conglomerate pinnacles fringed with scrub, their gullies dark against sunlit stone. Hard high sun rakes the rock from the left and leaves the metal of the cross in flat silhouette, while the sky deepens from pale haze at the ridgeline to near-ultramarine overhead.

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This photograph was developed in our studio and set with words, for anyone who wants the place and the words together.

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