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The whole canvas: a young woman in a white dress with navy blue sleeves, an open golden cage in place of her head, a robin on her finger and another in flight, in a room with grey-blue walls near a tall window.

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Free to Stay

Le Yack · 2026 · oil on canvas · 60 × 80 cm

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One of a kind, sold rolled or stretched in a black floater frame, with a certificate of authenticity. Free delivery within France and the European Union.

“The cage door is open, and no one is using it as intended. One robin has already gone: it flies towards the tall window, wings spread wide, into the shaft of sunlight that cuts diagonally across the wall. The other has stayed on her index finger, turned the same way, without moving. She, in place of a face, wears a golden cage, empty, chased like a piece of jewellery; you can see the wall through the bars. The light comes in from the left, traces the window’s glazing bars on the golden parquet and dies away at her feet. The navy blue of the sleeves and the belt holds the figure upright amid all that grey. Look right at the top: the ceiling opens onto a blue sky and its white clouds, and the little metal bird crowning the cage has its wings spread too. Being free to leave can be painted with a single beat of a wing. Being free to stay — you have to look longer to see it.”

— Le Yack

Le Yack places a young woman in a room with grey-blue walls and pale mouldings: in place of a head, a golden cage, empty, its door open. A robin perches on her outstretched index finger, a second flies off towards the tall window on the left, into the shaft of sunlight crossing the wall. The light traces the glazing bars on the golden parquet; right at the top, the ceiling opens onto a blue sky scattered with clouds. White pleated dress, navy blue sleeves and belt, dark court shoes. A 60 × 80 cm portrait format, where the open door has not yet decided anything.

Technique
oil on canvas
Size
60 × 80 cm
Year
2026
Signature
signed by the artist, titled and dated on the back
Support
pure linen canvas
Finish
protective matt varnish
Condition
original work, one of a kind
Close-up of the golden cage, empty and open, in place of the face, the robin perched on the index finger and the second in full flight in the shaft of sunlight.
Close-up of the golden cage, empty and open, in place of the face, the robin perched on the index finger and the second in full flight in the shaft of sunlight.
Detail of the tall window on the left, its brass handle and the wall mouldings, with the glazing bars cast in light on the parquet.
Detail of the tall window on the left, its brass handle and the wall mouldings, with the glazing bars cast in light on the parquet.
Detail of the hem of the white pleated dress, the legs and the dark patent court shoes on the golden parquet, where a shadow lengthens.
Detail of the hem of the white pleated dress, the legs and the dark patent court shoes on the golden parquet, where a shadow lengthens.
The canvas in a black float frame in an entrance hall with white mouldings, above a slender console, on herringbone parquet.
The canvas in a black float frame in an entrance hall with white mouldings, above a slender console, on herringbone parquet.

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Alexandre Pelletier, known as Le Yack, paints in oil in Orléans. A Fine Arts graduate, he spent nearly thirty years composing images as an art director before returning to the canvas.

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