Fatima Ronquillo Philippines / USA, 1976
Profile with Roses, 2026
Oil on panel
30.5 x 25.4 cm
12 x 10 inches
12 x 10 inches
Copyright The Artist
Oh Rose, you perfect thing beyond compare, infinitely restrained and infinitely lavished, oh, head of a body with far too much wandering sweetness, nothing is equal to you, oh you...
Oh Rose, you perfect thing beyond compare,
infinitely restrained
and infinitely lavished, oh, head
of a body with far too much wandering sweetness,
nothing is equal to you, oh you supreme essence
of this inconstant hour,
your perfume wanders all about
this space of love we have scarcely entered.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by David Need)
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