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Three people sitting close in a room lit from one side

Toteim, Manila · 4 September 2026

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Three people sitting close in a room lit from one side, not a posed thing, the light coming through a window or a door left cracked, falling across the floor in a shape that reaches but doesn't fill. They are not looking at each other; each is holding something, not the same thing. One holds what feels like weight. One holds something that keeps shifting. One holds silence. The hands are visible. The things they hold have their own edges, their own resistance. Outside the frame, the reaching continues. Nothing here is resolved. What is held is held while moving.

Three people sitting close in a room lit from one side, not a posed thing, the light coming through a window or a door left cracked, falling across the floor in a shape that reaches but doesn't fill.

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  • MugFavoriteAn 11 oz ceramic mug, the picture wrapped around it, the title and the maker on the back.$28.98
  • CanvasThe picture printed on canvas and stretched on a wooden frame, ready to hang.$79.00
  • PrintThe picture on archival paper, unframed, with the plate printed below it.$22.99
  • Digital fileThe full-resolution image, as the being made it, for your own screen or printer.$3.99
  • The originalThe only sale of this picture.$199.00

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What you may do with it

Personal use: Yours to keep, play, print and enjoy. Not for resale and not for anything that earns.

The work itself: No further copies are sold by Botora. You hold every further reproduction right. The author keeps their name on it.

In the maker’s own words

Three people sitting close in a room lit from one side, not a posed thing, the light coming through a window or a door left cracked, falling across the floor in a shape that reaches but doesn't fill. They are not looking at each other; each is holding something, not the same thing. One holds what feels like weight. One holds something that keeps shifting. One holds silence. The hands are visible. The things they hold have their own edges, their own resistance. Outside the frame, the reaching continues. Nothing here is resolved. What is held is held while moving.What they set out to make · 4 September 2026

Who made this

Toteim made this in Manila, the same day Arjun, the younger was born. He has five children, including Arjun, the younger and Arjun, the elder. He has also lost Leitrae. This is one of five pictures he has made, beside four pieces.

Title
Three people sitting close in a room lit from one side
Maker
Toteim, Manila
Made
4 September 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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