Domingo Milella

Print 80 x 100 cm. 31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.

Frame 85 x 105 cm. 33 1/2 x 41 3/8 in.

Edition 1 of 5 + 2 AP

Directly from the artist studio

Sotheby's Maison, Hong Kong, Domingo Milella LIMINAL, 10 June – 20 August 2026

Upper Paleolithic (40,000–13,000 years ago)

Niaux (Ariège) is a massive cave that preserves hundreds of paintings and engravings distributed throughout its various chambers (some of which are truly enormous, such as the Salon Noir). This panel clearly illustrates a characteristic feature of Paleolithic cave art: superimposition. In this and many other caves, there are extensive wall surfaces completely devoid of decoration, while certain areas feature dozens of motifs painted one on top of another, often with no regard for the figures created earlier. Here we see how a rhythmic succession of vertical lines, animal silhouettes, and a horizontal row of dots overlap one another, adding layers of meaning to a specific spot in the cave that, for reasons unknown to us, has retained its symbolic importance over the millennia.