Salle Labrouste 1

Since 1983 the work of the well-known architect Henri Labrouste, the Salle Labrouste, has been protected as "historical monument". The reading room located in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France show a beautiful space with nine domes adorned with ceramic tiles that diffuse the light evenly. To support the vaults, iron arches resting on sixteen cast iron columns are running down the centre. This combination of contrasting tones, colours and materials allow to give the intellectual spirits and stimulating atmoshpere to the reading room. One of the very special characteristics of this space is the presence of medallions of artists, including a single female medallion illustrating the writer Madame de Sévigné.

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With Salle Labrouste 1, Thibaud Poirier invites us to immerse ourselves in the most illustrious libraries, focusing on the symmetry and perspective of the spaces. The atmosphere is calm and monumental: delicately drawn vaults, elegant arches, and rows of tables stretching to the horizon, as if the space itself were breathing, in these places steeped in history. This limited-edition art print offers the viewer an almost surreal sense of immersion, creating timeless portraits of these monuments dedicated to knowledge, as human presence withdraws to better reveal their memory. Numbered and exclusive, this decorative object finds its place in a refined interior, where it celebrates the grandeur of libraries and invites the eye to journey between architecture, light, and history.