Friday, March 21, 2008

"Taking Tiger Mountain" prints - 10 of 1500

The "Taking Tiger Mountain" prints, are known as such
because four of them appeared on Brian Eno's album of the
same name. They are a series of 1500 unique prints,
composed of photo booth pictures(not Polaroids)of
Brian Eno with treatments and musings by Peter Schmidt.
They were realised by Peter and his students at Watford
School of Art in 1974. Peter gave many of them to friends,
sold a few through galleries, and sold some through
EG Records. Here are ten. It would be ideal to assemble
as many of them as possible. If you have one, or a few,
please consider adding a photo of yours to the collection.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Peter Schmidt Web

Peter Schmidt Web has been updated. Two pages from the 1966 Curwen Prints Catalogue, showing all six of the "Cycloid" prints has been added to the "Miscellaneous" section (many thanks to Jill at Curwen Gallery). Tiger Mountan print 73 of 1500 (collection of Dr. Steven Lynn) is our fifth, a new photograph of "Land in the North" can be found on page 6 of "His Work" (courtesy Eggert Petursson and The Living Art Museum), as well as twenty photos of recently auctioned pieces (Ewbank Auctions), six line drawings from Peter's time in Iceland (again thanks to Eggert), and several pictures of watercolors from my visit to London a few months ago to latter pages of the "His Work" section. Special thanks to Maria Kiernan for her assistance.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

"Droplet", by Peter Schmidt

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"Droplet"
Peter Schmidt
Acrylic on Canvas
50" H x 40" W
Signed and dated 1966
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I obtained it through an auction held today in England.
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Sunday, March 9, 2008

"On Her Majesty's Secret Service", with Peter Schmidt

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A few of Peter Schmidt's "Monoprints" are seen in the
007 film, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
starring George Lazenby as James Bond from 1969.
Examples of the "Monoprints" can be found here:
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Saturday, March 8, 2008

A "Tiger Mountain" print, No. 73 of 1500...


From the collection of Dr. Steven Lynn.
This and about thirty other works from various periods
will be added to http://www.peterschmidtweb.com/ in the days to come.