Peter Doig (B. 1959)

Lunker

Details

Peter Doig (B. 1959)
Lunker
oil on canvas
78 x 104 in. (200 x 266cm.)
Painted in 1995

Provenance

Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, where acquired by the present owner in 1995.

Exhibited

Berlin, Contemporary Fine Arts,'Peter Doig. Blotter', May-June 1995 (illustrated in the catalogue in colour, p. 51.). This exhibition travelled to London, Victoria Miro Gallery.
Gera, Kunstsammlung, 'Sammlung Volkmann zeigt: Faustrecht der Freiheit', April-May 1996 (illustrated in the catalogue in colour, p. 39.). This exhibition traveled to Bremen, Neues Museum Weserburg.

Lot Essay

"The photos I use aren't always that interesting or distinguished. That's deliberate - I like the fact that they're bland: they leave a lot of space for invention. Painting is about working your way across the surface, getting lost in it... It's about the idea of getting absorbed into them, so you physically get lost." (P. Doig, in: 'I've never been canoeing on a toxic swamp', in: 'Peter Doig- Blotter', Berlin 1995, p.10.)

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