ELIZABETH PEYTON: UNIVERSE OF THE WORLD-BREATH [2018]

Petitcreiu [New York, 2018]. Softcover, 44pp. 255 x 335 mm.

A large-format, limited edition - only 500 copies were issued - artist book created by Elizabeth Peyton on the occasion of her first exhibition in Iceland held at the Kling & Bang Gallery, Reykjavík [17 March – 20 May 2018].

Printed in beautiful full-colour offset lithography with direct drawing onto the printing plates by the artist. the book features nine works made between 2017–2018: two monotypes; one coloured pencil and pastel pencil drawing; one watercolour; one soft ground etching; two oil paintings; one etching made through the gravure process, and two linocuts.

The pictures are all (but one) with a person or persons. They are of friends, Bella D’arcangelo age 8; Kristian Emdal and Antoine Wagner; a self-portrait of the artist; two pictures of the Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu; a drawing made after Michelangelo’s portrait of Andrea Quaratesi; a scene of Belle collapsing in the arms of Le Bete from Jean Cocteau’s ‘La Belle et la Bête’; and a painting of flowers.

These works were created from life, from Peyton’s own photos or found photos, moving pictures and memory.

Designed by Fraser Muggeridge. Lettering by Jules Esteves. Printed and bound in London by Push.

Very good condition: Light wear to covers only.