Sotheby's and LITO Editions are proud to present two new limited-edition artworks by Daniel Arsham, soon to be exclusively available on Sotheby’s marketplace.
Drawing on the archaeological language that has become central to his practice over the past decade, Arsham creates images that exist outside a fixed moment in time. Suspended somewhere between past and future, his works invite viewers to imagine their own narratives, encountering familiar forms as though they were discovered in an unknown era.
Both Jungle Sculpture and Canyons of the Unknown reflect this approach, presenting evocative scenes that feel at once ancient, contemporary and speculative.
“The first time that I saw the surface of the LITO print was kind of a revelation. There's a sculptural, textural feeling about the surface that almost has this indexical quality, where you can read the brush stroke on it and the depth of contrast between reflective and matte surfaces, which is something that I try to employ in my painting work.”
Daniel Arsham
Launched April 2026, Sotheby’s and LITO Editions partner for a newly conceived LIMITED series; presenting commissioned limited edition artworks from leading contemporary artists.
"LITO's unique technology made it possible to reproduce the textured surface of my paintings with complete fidelity. In my case, the Roll-A-Tex surface that I have used in my paintings for many years was effectively cloned twelve times, preserving both its relief and material presence. I'm interested in the way this serves to collapse a distinction between the original and the reproduction."
"The marriage of art and science is one that's been known and storied. There was, prior to the camera, an assumption that art was the ultimate authority of truth in history. Now with new technology, art is freed to take on new responsibilities, and to be able to tell other types of stories. Working with Sotheby's, LITO and with LITO's technology, has also allowed me to go back into my archive and rethink paintings that had been done years ago and these editions are part of a grand tradition of artists playing with the leading edge of technology."
“I don’t particularly like to do prints or limited editions, my work itself is a kind of mark-making, painting printing process. Yet LITO’s technological innovations in printing processes – the true nature of these heavily textured surfaces have taken me back to the streets of my village, its people, the importance of sharing and one’s roots, all encapsulated in what Mango means for us in many parts of the world.”
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Triple Portrait of Charles II, Mirrored, 2026
120 x 137.4 cm (47 1/4 × 54 1/8 in.)
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