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La Selle Imaginaire

Title: Candidate · not independently reviewed

Jan Bajtlik

Artist credit: Candidate · not independently reviewed
AI-generated contextual illustration: an original saddle-like sculpture combines curved wood, a draped cognac leather sheet and an ivory felt plane in a fictional workshop.
AI-generated contextual illustration, an original saddle-like sculpture in wood, felt and leather, not a documented artist's work. An original scene, not an archive, an exact Hermès object or a documented artist’s work or setting.AI-generated contextual illustration for MyQuotaBag Heritage, 2026. Generated contextual asset, not a historical source or licensed archive. No Creative Commons licence assigned. Preserve the explicit generated-illustration caption beside the image.

The inherited pilot metadata remains provisional. The separately reviewed note below does not promote the catalogue record or establish a first-edition year.

Brief creation story

The story, in brief

This note has its own sources and limits. The inherited catalogue metadata elsewhere on this page remains provisional.

La Selle Imaginaire begins with a real object and deliberately moves away from it. Jan Bajtlik identifies a saddle with leopard hair in the Émile Hermès collection as one source of inspiration. He is equally clear that the saddle in his design does not reproduce a particular existing example. Instead, parts drawn from different saddles meet realistic details and abstract inventions.[1][2]

The artist describes the result as closer to an abstract painting than a straightforward image of a saddle. His project page identifies the original work as gouache on watercolour paper. Hermès adds another small invitation to look closely: a portrait of Bajtlik’s dog, Kluska, is concealed in the design. The public object and the artist’s private companion therefore share the same imaginative space.[2][1]

The interest here is transformation rather than reconstruction. A familiar working object becomes a framework in which shapes can cease to behave as equipment. Knowing the starting point helps, but the design need not resolve into a technically plausible saddle. Its freedom rests precisely in leaving that question open.

First-edition year: not established by these sources.

Sources and limits of this note

  1. La Selle Imaginaire scarf 90, H003846S 01 · HermèsLine 37 · Line 71
  2. La Selle Imaginaire · Jan BajtlikLine 13 · Line 14 · Line 17
Evidence details and uncertainties
design credit · supported
Jan BajtlikdesignLa Selle Imaginaire scarf 90, H003846S 01, Line 37
stated inspiration · supported
Leopard-hair saddle in Émile Hermès collection; composite not direct reproductionartist self-reportLa Selle Imaginaire, Line 13
stated artistic intent · supported
Resemble abstract painting rather than saddle imageartist self-reportLa Selle Imaginaire, Line 14
original artwork medium · supported
Gouache on watercolour paperOriginal artwork, not textile compositionLa Selle Imaginaire, Line 17
described hidden portrait · supported
Artist’s dog KluskaHermès design descriptionLa Selle Imaginaire scarf 90, H003846S 01, Line 71
first edition year · unknown
UnknownDesign-level first edition; no documented object, theme or adaptation date promoted to launch date

What is documented

Title
La Selle Imaginaire Candidate · not independently reviewed
Artist credit
Jan Bajtlik Candidate · not independently reviewed
First edition
Unknown Unknown

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