Peacock (Self-Portrait) - Peter Paone (NEW)
Peacock (Self-Portrait), Peter Paone

Peacock (Self-Portrait)

Artist

Peter Paone

Nationality

American

Heritage

European American

Medium

Offset Lithograph

Date

2010

Dimensions

21 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches

Edition Size

50 prints in this edition

Printer

Robert "Bob" Franklin

Provenance

Brandywine Workshop and Archives

Location

Philadelphia, PA

About the Work

From the Artist

Peacock is a self-portrait embodying all the symbols I sometimes use in my work.
The name "Paone" in Italian means "peacock"
— Brandywine Workshop and Archives records

One of the things I realized early on in my career was that my powers are really in my imagination. I don’t work from nature. I don’t work from a subject. I don’t set up still lifes and I don’t have models. I don’t go out in the garden to paint. I work from memory. I work from what I remember from what I’ve seen.
—Excerpted from https://woodmereartmuseum.org/explore-online/collection/artist/peter-paone, accessed 7-22-2021  

About the Artist

Peter Paone

Peter Paone was born in Philadelphia and educated at the Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts). He has taught at Pratt Institute and the National Academy of Design, New York City, and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Phila...

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