"Taking Tiger Mountain", No. 348 of 1500...

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"Taking Tiger Mountain"

No. 348 of 1500

Peter Schmidt

screen print

1974
(Collection of Kenneth Johansson)

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Untitled, gold and blue...

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.hansjorg Mayer
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Untitled, 'programme'

(gold and blue composition)

Peter Schmidt

Oil on canvas

1965
(Collection Hansjörg Mayer)
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Autobiographical "Monoprint" XII...

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"Monoprint(Lisson)"

(XII - Edition of 120)

Peter Schmidt

overprinted collage

43" x 29", 1968

For the purposes of cataloging and identification, I am enumerating these works

(Collection Hansjörg Mayer).

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my old friend peter

. Hansjorg Mayer
. Jasia Reichardt
. Brian Eno
hi john
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so i think i met peter for the first time ... at the opening of the
exhibition... between poetry and painting ...curated by jasia
reichhard ...at the ...institute of contemporary art ...in london in
1965... i had a lot of the stuff i published by then.. and my own so
called typoems... many of them included in the exhibition... and
peter ...like many of the more interesting british artists were
there . . . i decided there and then.. (my first visit to britain)
that i wanted to live in london ...and moved beginning of 1966 to
england ...(teaching at.. bath academy of art ..amongst other
things) ...peter and i met quite often... and i offered to exhibit
some of his work ...at my small gallery in stuttgart ...in 1967 ...and
published his... programmed squares 11... as ...futura 24 . in
1968... he was already interested in programmatic ways of working for
some years... which very much interested me at the time
he already taught at.. watford school of art.. and after some visits
there.. he was very keen to lure me there and ....offered me a
special.. (highly paid) ..senior lecturership for one term... which i
passed on to dieter roth... (who was very short of money at the
time) ... meeting dieter was an opening of another world for
peter ... and influenced his work significantly for years to come
(most interestingly) ... i had already started to publish many of
dieters books and we used his time there to produce a number of
publications ... which meant i spent quite a lot of time in
watford ... and peter finally convinced me to teach there as well
(overlapping at first with bath ... which eventually i gave up) ... we
attracted many great visiting lecturers ... to work with us there
richard hamilton ... eduardo paolozzi ... brian eno ... just to mention a
few .. during that time ...(i taught there until 1978) .. i published
numerous books by peter .. (as already listed) .. having created an
experimental printing workshop ... where many of peters books and
prints were done
there were also numerous collaborations . involving . sound . moving
image projects etc ... a very creative and interesting time for
everybody ... much of it engineered by good old peter ... who was also a
great and much loved teacher ... an artist ... with a very broad
interest and knowledge base ... a great friend to have had
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i just put it down as it came into my
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all best
hansjorg
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"my old friend peter", Hansjörg Mayer, a reflection on Peter Schmidt via email, 2010
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Shown here as originally typed. The author, a noted concrete poet.
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Untitled, Green Gradiation...

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Untitled

(Green Gradiation)

Peter Schmidt

acrylic on canvas

140 x 140 cm, 1966
(Collection Hansjörg Mayer)
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"...was exhibited in my gallery in Stuttgart in 1968 or so..."
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Yellow...

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Untitled Yellow Composition, Peter Schmidt, acrylic on canvas,

150 x 120 cm, 1966 (Collection Hansjörg Mayer)

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"...was exhibited in my gallery in Stuttgart in 1968 or so..."

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"Taking Tiger Mountain", No. 319 of 1500...

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"Taking Tiger Mountain"

(319 0f 1500)

Peter Schmidt

screen print

1974

(Collection of Kenneth Johansson)

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"The Thoughts...", April 23, 2010...

. Watford School of Art
. Oblique Strategies
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"The Thoughts Behind the Thoughts", Peter Schmidt, web version, 2010

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Conceived and executed by Peter Schmidt in 1970.

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Untitled Grayscale - London, Stuttgart, Milan...

. Hansjorg Mayer
. Peter Schmidt
. Jasia Reichardt

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Untitled Grayscale, Peter Schmidt, acrylic on board,

70 x 50 cm, 1966 (Collection Hansjörg Mayer)

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"...was exhibited in my gallery in Stuttgart in 1968 or so..."

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This painting also appeared as part of the "London Under Forty" exhibition in Milan, Italy, 1968, curated by Jasia Reichardt.

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"Taking Tiger Mountain", No. 318 of 1500...

. Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy)
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"Taking Tiger Mountain"(318/1500), Peter Schmidt, screen print, 1974

(Collection of Kenneth Johansson)

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Out of the blue, comes Kenneth Johansson of Gothenburg, Sweden with three.

Thank you for supporting Peter Schmidt's website with these photos.

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"Monoprint - for Mimi"...

. Mimi Lipton
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"Monoprint - for Mimi(Editions Alecto)"

Peter Schmidt

edition of 200

silk screen print on board,
39" x 29", 1968

(Collection Hansjörg Mayer & Mimi Lipton)
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One of four in this collection. The hand painted two color field is something I've not seen before. This may be characteristic of those intendeded for special friends, as this one was signed "for Mimi", Hansjörg's wife.
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Collection Hansjörg Mayer...

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Untitled Red/White/Blue Composition, Peter Schmidt, acrylic on canvas,

177 x 153 cm, 1966 (Collection of Hansjörg Mayer & Mimi Lipton)

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"It used to hang for many years in our living room in Aberdare Gardens..."

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Hansjörg Mayer and Peter Schmidt were collegues at Watford School of Art. He published many of Peter's early book works such as "Rot-A-Prints" and "Electrostatic Portraits" on his imprint Editions Hansjörg Mayer. Peter had a one man show at Galeri Hansjörg Mayer in Stuttgart, Germany in 1967. The printing of the four Schmidt prints that accompanied the initial pressing of Brian Eno's LP "Before and After Science" was done under Hansjörg's supervision. Editions Hansjörg Mayer is recognized as one of the premier publishers of art books in the world. He has published books with Tom Phillips, Richard Hamilton, John Furnival and Deiter Roth among many.

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Many thanks to Hansjörg for making this collection of Peter's work available.

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"The Thoughts..." April 16, 2010...

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"The Thoughts Behind the Thoughts", Peter Schmidt, web version, 2010
(Text provided by Alain D'Hooghe from the original)
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This piece was created by Peter in 1970, assembled by his students at Watford School of Art, in an edition of 100. I believe it was the original thought behind the "Oblique Strategies" cards, created by Peter with his friend and colleague Brian Eno in 1975.
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From Peter Schmidt's Iceland installations...

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Two photographs are views from Peter's exhibitions at Gallerí Suðurgata 7, Iceland, in the summer of 1978 (Courtesy of Eggert Petursson)
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All of these works are part of our permanent collection at www.PeterSchmidtWeb.com
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"The Thoughts..." for April 9, 2010...

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"The Thoughts Behind the Thoughts", Peter Schmidt, web version, 2010

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Published originally by Peter Schmidt in 1970, an edition of 100.

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"Mandala Castle - Countryside", revisited...

. Brian Eno
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"Mandala Castle - Countryside", Peter Schmidt, watercolor painting, 1979

(Collection Alain D'Hooghe)

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The lush English countryside...

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"The Thoughts..." for April 2, 2010...

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"The Thoughts Behind the Thoughts", Peter Schmidt, web version, 2010
Originally produced in 1970
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"It is also a good balance if one white like it wrongly weighs", as translated by Babelfish.
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Sarah Haffner, Berlin...

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"Abendlicht", Sarah Haffner, 2008

From the invitation to her gallery show.

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Sarah Haffner, younger sister of Peter Schmidt, has opened an exhibtion of her work on March 12. If you happen to be in Berlin, please take the time to visit, her work is really quite amazing. Sarah has also assembled a book, an extensive survey, "Blaulicht", published by Alexander Verlag, Berlin, 2010.

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"Mandala Castle - Mountain", revisited...

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"Mandala Castle - Sea", Peter Schmidt, watercolor painting, 1979
(Collection Alain D'Hooghe)

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This new photo reveals beautiful colors...

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"The Thoughts..." for March 26, 2010...

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"The Thoughts Behind the Thoughts", Peter Schmidt, web version, 2010

Original version created in 1970, in an edition of 100.

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Anchor "Tower"...

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"Tower"(detail), Peter Schmidt, watercolor painting, 1975
.................................Anchor "Tower", John Emr, Anchor building stones, 2010
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I built this upper most section of the "Tower", with almost every block I have using sets 6, 6A, and 8A. My uneducated estimate is that I would need about 7,500 more block to build the entire "Tower". Any Anchor enthusiasts would like to make an estimate? Perhaps someone with enough block will rise to the challenge of building the "Tower"?
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Flip Book Sketch...

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Flip Book Sketch, Peter Schmidt, line drawing, 1975

(From one of Peter's sketchbooks)

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"The Thoughts..." for March 19, 2010...

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"The Thoughts Behind the Thoughts", Peter Schmidt, web version, 2010

(Originally assembled in 1970 by Peter and his students at Watford School of Art)

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"Mandala Castle - Sea", revisited...

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"Mandala Castle - Sea", Peter Schmidt, watercolor painting, 1979

(Collection Alain D'Hooghe)

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A new photograph of one of Peter's last and most important works. With the glass removed, this photo reveals truer color clarity, the edges, and Peter's signature can be seen. Thanks to Alain and Marina.

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Three lost works...

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Three Paintings, unknown titles, Peter Schmidt, watercolor paintings, 1977-8

(Unknown Provenance)

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This photo is from one of Peter's exhibitions in Iceland. I have extracted several decent images from photos like this one, but couldn't do justice to any of these. I don't know if they were sold at the gallery, or came back with Peter to London. I'd like to someday get good images of them to add to our collection. The photo was taken at the time of the exhibit, and sent to PSW in 2008 by Eggert Pétursson.

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Please contact me if you know anything about these lost works: info@PeterSchmidtWeb.com or PeterSchmidtWeb@aol.com

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