Les BALLETS de FAILE NYC (First edition)

Work Summary & Collector Notes

"Les BALLETS de FAILE NYC" is a 27-color screen print, 32 x 44 inches, on 310 gsm Coventry Rag with a deckle edge, signed and dated FAILE 2013. Based on the duo's Les Ballets de Faile block imagery, it translates their sculptural wooden-block motifs into a richly layered large-format edition.

Collector notes: First edition; saved release record states an edition size of 500. The saved release record describes: signed; dated. Verify each feature against a documented example of this edition.

Why It Matters

Les Ballets de Faile was a major thematic body of work for the duo, and this print renders one of its block designs in a demanding 27-color build. The large scale, archival rag paper, and direct link to a named FAILE project give it standing as a flagship edition, connecting a collectible print to the wider Ballets series.

Collector Perspective

Collectors value the piece as a print counterpart to FAILE's Ballets block paintings, offering the imagery in accessible edition form. The 27-color process and heavyweight deckle-edge stock place it among the duo's premium releases. Signed and dated, it presents well at scale, with condition and margin cleanliness being the primary evaluation points.

Historical Context

The Les Ballets de Faile series drew on the duo's fascination with movement, theatricality, and their signature carved wooden blocks, presented as sculptural, stacked assemblages. Emerging in the early 2010s, it showed FAILE synthesizing painting, sculpture, and print into a unified aesthetic, of which this 2013 edition is a defined graphic expression.

Documented Release Details

Object type

Editioned screenprint

Release date

2013

Release-date note

Catalog-listed release year from the saved secondary record; primary release-page confirmation remains pending.

Medium and materials

Screen Print; catalog dimensions 44 x 32 inches; 27 Color Screen Print; 310 gsm Coventry Rag (Deckle Edge); As some of you know with previous block prints these are very complex, layered and vibrant screen prints.

Edition details

First edition; saved release record states an edition size of 500.

Signature and marks

The saved release record describes: signed; dated. Verify each feature against a documented example of this edition.

Documented History and Meaning

History note: This page treats Faile's broader career as background context, not proof that this specific edition belongs to any single exhibition or event. Release-level facts here come from a saved secondary catalog record.

Meaning / interpretation: No per-work artist statement is recorded for this edition. Any thematic reading should be treated as interpretation of the imagery, not a documented statement of the artist's intent. This interpretive note follows the cited artist or publisher context.

Release context: The saved catalog lists 2013 and attributes the edition to Faile Shop.

Authentication, Presentation and Provenance

Original presentation

Original packaging or presentation was not documented in the release sources reviewed.

Authentication note

Compare the support, dimensions, edition number, and signature against a documented example of this edition. Gauntlet Gallery does not authenticate works purchased from third parties.

Provenance note

Edition origin is attributed in the saved record to Faile Shop. That does not establish the ownership history of an individual copy: retain the original invoice, reseller or gallery paperwork, labels, correspondence, and condition photographs.

Sources and Verification

Verification status: Secondary catalog snapshot; artist-level context added

1. Saved release record — Art Collectorz · secondary catalog snapshot · Accessed 2026-07-13 · Starting record for title, year, edition, dimensions, medium, and release description. Primary confirmation against the original release page remains pending.
2. FAILE — official site — FAILE studio · primary artist source · Accessed 2026-07-13 · Official studio site; career context, not an individual-edition record.
3. FAILE (artist collaboration) — Wikipedia · reference encyclopedia · Accessed 2026-07-13 · General artist-level biographical and career reference.

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