PARIS GREEN CAN 055

CONTENTS: Copper acetoarsenite. C₄H₆As₆Cu₄O₁₆. A vibrant green pigment, a potent poison, a potent collectible. Beauty comes at a cost. Back in the good ol’ days, Paris Green brought a deadly brilliance to wallpaper and found its way into crop fields as an insecticide. Packaged, sold, and repeated, it made poison desirable—a pigment for the ages, a proverbial can of worms now digitally restructured for your safety. Dimensions: 5400 × 7200 pixels