Canoe - Island
Print
2000 (printed)
2000 (printed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Peter Doig (born 1959) is a noted landscape painter. His scenes often feature solitary isolated figures, and despite their pastoral setting there is often an unsettling atmosphere or a sense of menace. In this print Doig has returned to a favourite motif - the lone canoeist - here floating adrift in a wide ocean under a sunset sky. There are suggestions that the island beyond is a prison, and that the lone canoeist may be an escapee.
This print was published by Counter Editions in 2000 in a portfolio of 14 works by contemporary artists.
This print was published by Counter Editions in 2000 in a portfolio of 14 works by contemporary artists.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Canoe - Island (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour silkscreen |
| Brief description | 'Canoe - Island' by Peter Doig, colour silkscreen, England, 2000 |
| Physical description | 1 of an edition of 300. The image shows a lone, bearded man in a canoe adrift in a wide ocean under a psychedelic sunset. In the background the ruins of an abandoned prison. |
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| Credit line | Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Peter Doig (born 1959) is a noted landscape painter. His scenes often feature solitary isolated figures, and despite their pastoral setting there is often an unsettling atmosphere or a sense of menace. In this print Doig has returned to a favourite motif - the lone canoeist - here floating adrift in a wide ocean under a sunset sky. There are suggestions that the island beyond is a prison, and that the lone canoeist may be an escapee. This print was published by Counter Editions in 2000 in a portfolio of 14 works by contemporary artists. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1562-2001 |
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| Record created | July 2, 2003 |
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