Saturday, February 28, 2009

The Burning Candle...

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Peter Schmidt, watercolor, 1975-79
(Provenance Unknown, extracted from Iceland exhibit photo, 1978-9)
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The other house, later...

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Peter Schmidt, watercolor, 1975-79
(Provenance Unknown, extracted from Iceland exhibit photo, 1978-9)
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Painted at the window in his studio, at night...
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Thursday, February 26, 2009

"Teabowl (the first day of Spring)"...

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"Teabowl (the first day of Spring)", Peter Schmidt, watercolor, 1975-79
(Provenance Unknown, extracted from Iceland exhibit photo, 1978-9)
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Eggert Petursson sent me gallery photographs of works hanging on the walls, from Peter's Iceland exhibitions in 1978 and 1979. I have tried my best to extract images of the works shown at these exhibits, in an effort to continue to grow our catalogue. I will present these images over the next few weeks. Due to size limitations (many were quite small) some are better than others. All are beautiful examples of Peter's work.
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If anyone of you own these works and would like to donate
images of better quality, please contact http://www.peterschmidtweb.com/
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Taking Tiger Mountain 26 of 1500

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"Taking Tiger Mountain", Peter Schmidt, 1974, lithograph, #1028 of 1500
(Collection of and with kind permission of John Fitzpatrick)

All of the Tiger Mountain prints in our collection, to date, have been posted. Please contact me at: info@PeterSchmidtWeb.com or PeterSchmidtWeb@aol.com if you would like to have an image of yours added to this catalogue.
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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Drawn by Peter Schmidt, 1950...

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"Ernest Cross", by Peter Schmidt, pencil drawing, 1950
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"The attached pencil drawing of me was done at the Lenton Hurst site of Nottingham University in England on 13th October 1950. We were both in the army doing national service, and were attending an arts short course. Peter was a sergeant, in the Education Corps, I think. I remember him telling me at that time that he had completed a sculpture just before coming to Nottingham. It had been carved out of a block of salt, and was called Lot's Wife. I thought the drawing had been lost until last year, when it surfaced during our change of house. "
Ernest Cross
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Many thanks to Mr. Cross for sharing this story and this very cherished momento.
This drawing is the oldest example of Peter's work we have in our raisonne catalogue.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Taking Tiger Mountain 25 of 1500

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"Taking Tiger Mountain", Peter Schmidt, 1974, lithograph, #1025 of 1500
(Collection of and with kind permission of John Fitzpatrick)
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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Before and After Science original watercolors...

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Photo of "Four Years", and "Road to the Crater" original watercolors,
photographed during a visit with Esmee, 2007.
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Lost photo of a painting...

Found among the photos from London, 2007

Taking Tiger Mountain 25 of 1500

"Taking Tiger Mountain", Peter Schmidt, 1974, lithograph, #1024 of 1500
(Collection of and with kind permission of John Fitzpatrick)

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Taking Tiger Mountain 24 of 1500

"Taking Tiger Mountain", Peter Schmidt, 1974, lithograph, #1023 of 1500
(Collection of and with kind permission of John Fitzpatrick)

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Taking Tiger Mountain 23 of 1500

"Taking Tiger Mountain", Peter Schmidt, 1974, lithograph, #1022 of 1500
(Collection of and with kind permission of John Fitzpatrick)

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Taking Tiger Mountain 22 of 1500

"Taking Tiger Mountain", Peter Schmidt, 1974, lithograph, #864 of 1500
(Collection of and with kind permission of John Fitzpatrick)

Friday, February 6, 2009

Peter Schmidt/Brian Eno at MOCA



TO ILLUSTRATE AND MULTIPLY: AN OPEN BOOK
(a few screen shots from the interactive page)
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Peter Schmidt and Brian Eno's rare fourth edition of "Oblique Strategies"
is part of a group exhibit in downtown Los Angeles at:
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MOCA Museum Of Contemporary Art
MOCA Pacific Design Center
8687 Melrose Ave.
Design Plaza G102
West Hollywood, CA 90069
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A link to the museum: http://www.moca.org/museum/moca_pdc.php
A link to the interactive page: http://www.moca.org/openbook/sequences.php
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Also featured in this exhibition are, among many, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Peter's friend Jan Voss. Jan runs a first rate art book shop in Amsterdam called Boekie Woekie. Aside from books, he also has rare prints and muliples that may be something you've been looking for. He has a copy of the catalogue from Peter Schmidt's 1995 retrospective in Iceland in the shop right now. Please check it out sometime at: http://www.boekiewoekie.com/

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Taking Tiger Mountain 21 of 1500

"Taking Tiger Mountain", Peter Schmidt, 1974, lithograph, #720 of 1500
(Collection of and with kind permission of John Fitzpatrick)