It wasn’t easy to create an edition with Miss.Tic! It had to be on her terms, when and if she wanted—and never just any way. I loved it instantly. An edition had to be a work of art in itself, mastered from A to Z by the artist or her heirs. But as a publisher, I always pushed a bit on the quantity and the price… she would gently bring me back in line, strolling with her dog, lips in a swirl of smoke: “My work must remain affordable.”
Miss Tic
(1956-2022)
On the walls of Paris
She loved concrete, my idea of the “frag”—the urban fragment, a piece of torn concrete from the street. Together, we built a very coherent collection.
And then, I remember clearly, in her studio in front of the silkscreens on concrete, wrapped in thick cardboard…
“You could make a silkscreen on cardboard to stay with a raw material, like concrete.”
It was 2018. We created this micro-edition on cardboard, which she found superb. I suggested we do a series on the theme of travel, maybe even try phrases in different languages. “Why not? But you know I only sell in France, especially in Paris.” The worldwide success of some of my editions carried me away, and I didn’t pursue this beautiful idea. You know the rest.
The time has come to offer you this incredible work by Miss.Tic, considered almost an original given how limited the edition is—just 8 copies. We can regard it as her last edition, the largest and rarest.
The rarest piece by the artist, ranked among the top 10 artists to collect today. And as fortune would have it, offered at a friendly price for the most passionate collectors!
The Artist
Miss.Tic, poet and visual artist, was born on February 20, 1956, in Montmartre. For decades, her famous stencils have adorned the walls of Paris. She passed away on May 22, 2022, in Paris.
Miss.Tic was a free artist, an emblematic figure of French street art.
Drawing inspiration from advertising methods and imagery, she captured a certain vision of femininity. Her work was both pictorial and poetic, recalling at times the surrealists like Magritte or the affichistes such as Villeglé.
With a touch of false naivety, Miss.Tic’s linework emerges: her characters, like her words, offer readings full of humor, mischief, and sometimes cynicism.
A witch lost in a world without magic.
She delighted in the art of détournement: with her, words and images always meant more than they seemed. Each of her works was an act of commitment, an ethic, a signature—by an iconic, mysterious woman. Miss.Tic: truly one of a kind.
