Peter Milton Etchings : Complete Prints 1960-1996 by Peter Milton (1996, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherChronicle Books
ISBN-100811813975
ISBN-139780811813976
eBay Product ID (ePID)270731
Product Key Features
Book TitlePeter Milton Etchings : Complete Prints 1960-1996
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1996
TopicGeneral, Prints
IllustratorYes
GenreArt
AuthorPeter Milton
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight0.4 Oz
Item Length12.1 in
Item Width9.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN96-022656
Reviews--Washington, DC Post, January 1997 Peter Milton's etchings and engravings tingle with motion, fluidity, ectoplasm and arrested flight. Certain sections of some works seem to have aged while others stayed young; portions of other works seem to be partially developed, like photographs erratically dipped in solution. This playfulness is well represented in two facing plates, "Interiors V: Water Music" and "Interiors VI: Soundings." Milton makes a visual pun on the title of Handel's famous composition: While formally dressed musicians carry on in a museum-like room, women in bathing suits float by in the water that has unaccountably half-filled the building, while high up on the wall a great, shadow-throwing whale seems to be bursting in. Meanwhile, on the opposite page, water has filled an enormous open room of some public building. While muscians provide dance music, a Colette look-alike sits over tea at a table, and in the foreground the artist himself fools around with some pencils. Behind him a bicycle is taking leave of its wheels even as its rider seems to be spawning a ghostly doppelganger -- and all of this is trumped by the fish swimming high and low at the front of the scene. These are prints with which to practice dreaming while awake.
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal769.92
SynopsisPeter Milton is one of America's most intriguing artists. His black-and-white figurative etchings and engravings are at once surreal, erotic, and technically complex. This fascinating volume showcases all of Milton's etchings to date, from 1960 to the present, including two extensive series that illustrate the Henry James masterworks The Jolly Corner and The Aspern Papers. The etchings, many of which are accompanied by details enlarged to actual size, are illuminated by an in-depth introduction by curator Robert Flynn Johnson. Providing added insight into Milton's career and techniques are a fascinating interview between Johnson and Milton and Milton's essay about his famous Daylilies and Nijinsky Variations series and the inspirations behind them. A biography and bibliography complete this rich portfolio.
LC Classification NumberNE2012.M54A4 1996
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