two portraits of Omai and Frederic Douglass painted in thick gestural brushstrokes

Mai (Afterlife) after Sir Joshua Reynolds' Portrait of Mai (Omai), 1776 and Frederick Douglass, 1850

€2,000

Pair of Elizabeth Peyton prints of two seminal portraits

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  • Elizabeth Peyton's Mai being looked at by Nicholas Cullinan at National Portrait Gallery
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Behind the scenes

  • Print layers displayed on board
  • Abstract silkscreen with pink ink being pulled over
  • Development process of Frederick Douglass
  • Pink paint being scraped of squeegee with gloved hands
a black and white photograph of artist Elizabeth Peyton wearing a black jacket
Elizabeth Peyton 3 collaborationsElizabeth Peyton creates gestural, atmospheric paintings and works on paper that attest to the psychical and emotional depths of the people she paints. Her artworks map out delicate negotiations between beauty, desire, and the pictorial image. Peyton finds feeling in all that she depicts. Whether it's people from her own milieu or figures from history, literature, music or film, she always renders each scene with the intensity of her own particular humanism – a close and loving look at humanity. In each figure's uniqueness, she reveals the universal emotions that connect us to each other and to art, and which stretch from our present moment back through time.

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  • the item was some of the most professional packing i have seen outside of a museum. exceptionally well packed

  • Gorgeous quality and print. Thank you!

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  • I was lucky enough to have been invited to see the creation of this piece of work back in June and met the fantastic Miwa so seeing this print now is just fantastic. The colours are every bit as vibrant as the original.

  • well done, excellent product and customer service

  • the packaging was excellent! the piece was well protected. communication from the time i placed the order to framing to shipment was very good

  • I'm thrilled with the two pieces I've bought from you all. I look forward to collecting more in the future.

  • outstanding paper quality and excellent packaging. love it.


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