A cracked egg standing upright in the centre of an empty road

A unique photographic work by Fabrizio Aiana

NOT YET

The future is still possible.

Monte Urpinu, Cagliari · 18 September 2023

01 / The moment before the answer

A fracture is not always an ending.

I chose the egg because it holds a promise we cannot yet see. Placed in the middle of a road, it remains standing despite its fracture. We do not know whether the shell is giving way or opening, whether something has been wounded or is beginning to emerge. The road also holds a double meaning: it may be a danger, or a passage towards something new.

NOT YET offers no conclusion. Its positive message is not the certainty that everything will turn out well, but a more honest possibility: as long as the future has not yet been written, change remains possible.

The work is an invitation not to consider finished what may still transform.

Fabrizio Aiana / Artist statement

02 / The work

Suspended between fracture and emergence.

A cracked egg remains upright at the centre of an empty road. The image leaves its outcome unresolved, while preserving a radical and positive possibility: the future is still possible.

NOT YET, 2023, by Fabrizio Aiana
NOT YET, 2023 · Monte Urpinu, Cagliari, Sardinia
Artist
Fabrizio Aiana
Work
Unique photographic work · 1/1
Capture
Sony α7 III · Viltrox 85 mm · ISO 200 · f/11 · 1/160 s
Production
Photography and advanced post-production by the artist
Presentation
Proposed format 110 × 110 cm · museum-grade production
Acquisition
€1,000,000 · VAT included

03 / Provenance

One image. One origin. One collector.

The collector dossier is designed to document the work from capture to transfer. The final production will be completed with a specialist fine-art laboratory and conservation-grade materials.

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Traceable capture

Photographed by Fabrizio Aiana on 18 September 2023 at 07:09 in Monte Urpinu, Cagliari. The original RAW file remains in the artist’s archive.

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Material witness

The original egg used in the photograph still exists and is preserved in resin. Its condition and presentation will be documented before transfer.

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Acquisition dossier

The transfer will include a signed certificate of authenticity, technical production record, independent curatorial essay and documented chain of title.

The final print master will be prepared from the original RAW file after laboratory proofing. The current image is the artist-approved visual reference.

04 / Curatorial perspective

An independent reading of the work.

Michelangelo Sardo · Curatorial essay commissioned

Michelangelo Sardo has accepted the curatorial role for NOT YET. His essay will examine the tension between fragility and transformation, and the open future held within the image.

The final text will be published here and included in the collector dossier only after the curator’s review and approval.

Final text in preparation

05 / The artist

Fabrizio Aiana

Fabrizio Aiana is a Sardinian photographer based in Cagliari. His work begins with ordinary objects and isolates the instant in which their meaning becomes unstable.

In NOT YET, he uses the simplest possible form, an egg, to hold together vulnerability, danger and the possibility of becoming. The photograph and its advanced post-production were created entirely by the artist.

Cagliari · Sardinia · Italy

06 / Private acquisition

A singular work for a singular collection.

€1,000,000

VAT included · unique work 1/1

NOT YET is offered through a confidential, professionally documented acquisition process. No online checkout. No speculative urgency. Every stage is designed for clarity, discretion and due diligence.

01

Qualified enquiry

A confidential introduction and collector profile.

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Private viewing

Full-resolution review, curatorial dossier and production proposals.

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Secure transfer

Contract, identity checks, regulated payment process, invoice and insured delivery.

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This presentation is not a binding offer. Final specifications and contractual terms are agreed during the acquisition process.