D1-4 Road to Zermatt
44.88 x 31.5 inchesD1-4 Road to Zermatt, 2022
paper: 44.88 x 31.5 inches
frame: 48 1/4 x 35 inches
Edition of 250
numbered lower left and and hand signed with initials lower right
Framed in Oak with Optium Tru Vue Acrylic Glass
Heni Editions Catalogue Number: D1-3
Published by HENI Editions and Fondation Beyeler
A collection that marks the artist’s first return to snowscapes since the 1990s, ‘Zermatt’ is also Doig’s first thematic group of works.
PETER DOIG ZERMATT
A collection that marks the artist’s first return to snowscapes since the 1990s, ‘Zermatt’ is also Doig’s first thematic group of works. The series was conceived in 2018, when Swiss architect and artist Heinz Julen offered Doig his chalet in the idyllic resort town as an artistic prompt to paint his surroundings.
Slushy Landscape (with figures), 1995
Sold, 2019 at Phillips London for £699,000
Through his love of this alpine village and his friendship to the swiss artist Heinz Julen he stayed in Zermatt over six weeks in 2020 and again for four months in 2021 where he was inspired and created these works.
Compositionally and conceptually, Doig was inspired by ski posters designed to attract people to the mountains. Characterised by a delicate balance of dynamic skiers and majestic, snow-covered landscapes, simple yet enticing, the images prompted Doig to produce his own series of painted posters.
