A Moment's Pleasure #2, 2026
After the original of 2008

• Artist: Mickalene Thomas (American, born 1971)
• Medium: Archival pigment print on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper with 10 silkscreen layers, including metallic shimmer and glitter layers, gloss varnish and matte varnish seal
• Dimensions (unframed): 53.1 × 60 cm
• Dimensions (framed): 60.4 × 67.4 × 3 cm
• Edition: Edition of 568
• Signature: Signed by the artist, individually numbered
• Certificate: Certificate of Authenticity included 

A Moment's Pleasure #2 is an archival pigment print on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper with 10 silkscreen layers — including metallic shimmer and glitter layers, gloss varnish, and matte varnish seal — executed in 2026 by Mickalene Thomas, signed and numbered from the edition of 568, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. After the original multi-media artwork created in 2008, this print achieves a surface of exceptional luminosity, tactile richness, and chromatic depth through its most technically ambitious silkscreen process of the three Thomas editions — 10 layers, including the addition of glitter, faithfully embodying the radiance of the original.

Mickalene Thomas has established herself as one of the most celebrated, visually commanding, and critically significant American artists of her generation — a painter, photographer, and multi-media artist whose practice is rooted in a sustained and unapologetic reclamation of Black femininity, beauty, and selfhood. Her work is held in the permanent collections of MoMA, the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney, and major institutions worldwide.

A Moment's Pleasure #2 — created in 2008 — depicts two women sharing a familiar and unguarded moment of closeness in a domestic setting, the boldly textured composition showing intimacy as something lived and accumulated through small acts rather than grand gestures. As Thomas herself articulates the work's intention: it creates a space where love exists without performance — a quality of quiet, unconditional presence that is among the most moving and distinctive achievements of her entire practice. The 10-layer silkscreen process — the most complex of Thomas's three 2026 editions — introduces both metallic shimmer and glitter to the standard varnish layers, giving the surface a particularly extraordinary quality of light, texture, and material radiance entirely consistent with the warmth and intimacy of the subject.

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FAQ

Is this an original work by Mickalene Thomas?
Yes — an authentic archival pigment print with 10 silkscreen layers on Somerset 410gsm paper, signed and numbered from the edition of 568, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

What makes this print technically distinctive?
With 10 silkscreen layers — including both metallic shimmer and glitter layers, gloss varnish, and matte varnish seal — A Moment's Pleasure #2 represents the most technically complex of Thomas's three 2026 editions, producing a surface of exceptional luminosity, tactile richness, and material radiance.

How does this edition differ from the other Thomas editions?
A Moment's Pleasure #2 features 10 silkscreen layers — more than the 8 layers of Girlfriends & Lovers and the 6 layers of Portrait of Qusuquzah #8 — and uniquely includes glitter layers in addition to the metallic shimmer, producing a surface of particularly extraordinary material radiance.

What is the connection to the 2008 original?
A Moment's Pleasure #2 was originally created in 2008 as a multi-media artwork depicting two women in a moment of quiet domestic intimacy. This 2026 print edition faithfully embodies the radiance of the original through its intricate 10-layer silkscreen process.

What paper was used?
410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White — one of the most prestigious supports in contemporary fine art printmaking.

What is the edition size?
Edition of 568 — signed and numbered by the artist.

What are the dimensions?
Unframed: 53.1 × 60 cm — Framed: 60.4 × 67.4 × 3 cm

Does the work come with documentation?
Yes — certificate of authenticity included.

Is worldwide shipping available?
Yes — secure worldwide shipping from France with professional packaging, tracking, and insurance.