Paying homage to the Old Masters, Graeme Peebles’s mezzotints reinterpret the genre of still life through a dark, surrealist prism. The overall richness of detail, the contrasting chiaroscuro and impenetrable blackness of the backgrounds demonstrate the artist's mastery over mezzotints - a notoriously difficult, complex and laborious printmaking technique. Indeed, Peebles has earnt international acclaim for this work in the field.

'Get out the bath, Proust!' is a spellbinding image. It exemplifies great restraint, existing only as a serious of strange objects, dwarfed by a velveteen backdrop. Chess pieces, sliced peach, peas and other homely apparatus are rendered mysterious, bewitching, symbolic.

Peebles's mezzotints are a desirable - and dramatic - addition to the collections of emerging and established connoisseurs of graphics alike.
 

Graeme PEEBLES (1955 - )
'Get out of the bath, Proust!' 1989
mezzotint on paper
Edition of 60
Image Size: 59 x 85 cm
Dimensions: 80 x 108 cm
Signed: Editioned, titled, signed and dated lower margin
Comes with Letter of Provenance
 
Condition: very good

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