Fierté

"Fierté" — the French word for pride in its honorable, self-respecting sense — pairs in Qian's output with "Orgueil," the same concept inflected toward arrogance or vanity. The two titles together draw on a distinction French preserves but English collapses, framing the print as one half of a conceptual diptych about how a single emotional state divides into morally opposite registers depending on context. The visual treatment is unspecified by the title, but the binary structure suggests a composition that could itself be read in pair: matching forms, mirrored geometries, or color choices that distinguish the "good" pride from the "bad" through tone rather than figuration. The use of French terminology aligns with the conceptual leaning of much of Qian's printed work, where titles frequently serve as semantic instruments rather than mere labels, and where the print object holds open the gap between word and image rather than closing it.