"CHELSEA COMOS" EXHIBIT • SEPTEMBER 9 - DECEMBER 9, 2023 • AMSTERDAM WHITNEY GALLERY
A hand-signed and individually numbered, museum-quality limited-edition canvas of Robert M. Swedroe’s Feu D’Artifice Papillon. Bursting with butterflies, vivid color, and dramatic movement, this collector-ready edition is professionally framed with a white mat, UV-protective Art Glass, and a high-gloss black frame.
Feu D’Artifice Papillon, meaning “Butterfly Fireworks,” is an explosive celebration of color, movement, nature, and imagination by architect and collage artist Robert M. Swedroe.
Against a dramatic black field, hundreds of butterflies appear to erupt upward in a brilliant cascade of yellow, orange, red, blue, pink, gold, and jewel-toned color. Large butterflies command attention across the upper composition while increasingly intricate butterflies, floral elements, textures, and abstract forms converge below, creating the impression of a spectacular fireworks display taking flight.
The imagery reflects Swedroe’s fascination with butterflies and his ability to combine natural forms with the structure and visual discipline of architectural design. The original mixed-media composition incorporates acrylic paint, cut paper, glass butterfly elements, and digital manipulation to transform familiar natural imagery into an intricate contemporary collage.
This museum-quality limited-edition canvas is hand-signed and individually numbered by Robert M. Swedroe and professionally finished for display. The artwork is dry mounted on canvas, presented with a crisp white mat, protected by Art Glass offering 70% UV protection, and framed in a smooth high-gloss black frame.
A professionally installed hanging wire allows the artwork to arrive ready to hang.
With its dramatic vertical composition and extraordinary concentration of color, Feu D’Artifice Papillon makes an exceptional focal point for an entryway, living room, dining room, bedroom, office, gallery, hotel, restaurant, luxury residence, or contemporary commercial interior.
Artist: Robert M. Swedroe
Artwork Title: Feu D’Artifice Papillon
English Translation: Butterfly Fireworks
Artwork Type: Museum-quality limited-edition fine art canvas
Edition: Hand-signed and individually numbered
Orientation: Portrait
Mounting: Dry mounted on canvas
Mat: White mat presentation
Glazing: Art Glass with 70% UV protection
Frame: Professionally installed high-gloss black frame
Hanging Hardware: Professionally installed wire on back
Display: Ready to hang
Condition: New
Price: $1,650.00
Overall Framed Size: 21 3/4″ W × 30 5/8″ H
Important: This is a hand-signed and individually numbered limited-edition fine art canvas based on Robert M. Swedroe’s original Feu D’Artifice Papillon collage. It is not the one-of-a-kind original collage artwork.
Feu D’Artifice Papillon combines one of Robert M. Swedroe’s most recognizable subjects—the butterfly—with the energy and spectacle of a fireworks display. From across a room, the composition creates a powerful explosion of color. Viewed closely, it reveals layer after layer of butterflies, flowers, patterns, textures, and intricate visual details.
The strong vertical format makes the work particularly effective for walls where a portrait-oriented statement piece is needed, while the black background allows its saturated yellow, orange, red, blue, pink, and metallic tones to command attention.
The artist signature, individual edition number, professional framing, UV-protective Art Glass, and finished hanging hardware make this a sophisticated, collector-ready Robert M. Swedroe artwork suitable for immediate display.
Robert M. Swedroe is an architect and mixed-media collage artist whose work combines architectural discipline with extraordinary color, dimensional layering, movement, and visual storytelling.
His intricate compositions transform individually recognizable images into complex visual environments designed to reveal new elements through repeated viewing. Swedroe’s distinctive approach reflects a lifetime devoted to both architecture and fine art, merging structure, proportion, imagination, and expressive freedom.
Yes. Each limited-edition canvas offered in this collection is hand-signed by Robert M. Swedroe.
Yes. Each artwork is individually numbered as part of the limited edition.
The French title translates to “Butterfly Fireworks,” reflecting the dramatic explosion of butterflies and color throughout the composition.
No. This is a museum-quality limited-edition canvas based on Swedroe’s original mixed-media artwork.
The original composition combines mixed-media techniques including acrylic paint, cut paper, glass butterfly elements, and digital manipulation.
Yes. It is professionally presented with a white mat and a high-gloss black frame.
Yes. The artwork is protected with Art Glass providing 70% UV protection.
Yes. A professionally installed hanging wire is attached to the back so the artwork arrives ready to display.
Its portrait orientation and vibrant color make it especially effective in entryways, living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, offices, galleries, hotels, restaurants, luxury residences, and contemporary commercial interiors.
Colors may vary slightly depending on screen settings, photography, ambient lighting, and the lighting conditions where the artwork is displayed.
A hand-signed and individually numbered, museum-quality limited-edition print of Robert M. Swedroe’s Butterflies of the World. Dry mounted on canvas and professionally presented with a 1.5-inch white mat, 70% UV-protective Art Glass, and a high-gloss black frame. Measures 30 5/8 inches wide × 21 3/4 inches high and arrives ready to hang.
A hand-signed and numbered, museum-quality limited-edition print of Robert M. Swedroe’s Butterfly Nectar Chase. Dry mounted on canvas and professionally finished with a 1.5-inch white mat, 70% UV-protective Art Glass, and a high-gloss black frame. Ready to hang.
Bring the beauty of nature indoors with Butterfly Spring, a vibrant signed limited-edition fine art print by Robert M. Swedroe. Featuring colorful butterflies, layered mixed-media elements, and joyful movement, this collectible artwork celebrates transformation, renewal, and the wonder of the natural world.
Cosmic Energy by Robert M. Swedroe is a signed and numbered limited edition framed canvas featuring a vibrant green, gold, and jewel-tone abstract collage composition. Professionally dry mounted, framed in smooth high-gloss black lacquer, protected with Art Glass, and ready to hang.
Cosmic Firestorm by Robert M. Swedroe is a signed, numbered, limited-edition framed canvas featuring fiery orange, gold, amber, and jewel-tone collage detail. Professionally dry mounted, finished with a white mat, protected with Art Glass, and framed in a smooth high-gloss black lacquer frame, this piece is ready to hang and designed to make a statement.
A hand-signed and individually numbered, museum-quality limited-edition print of Robert M. Swedroe’s Flight of the Butterflies. Inspired by Monarch butterflies, this vibrant mixed-media composition is dry-mounted on canvas and professionally presented with a 1.5-inch white mat, 70% UV-protective Art Glass, and a high-gloss black frame. Ready to hang.
