River of Ponds I, from the Newfoundland Series

The 'Newfoundland Series' prints and their counterparts in the painting series of the same name are variant configurations of the 'Protractor Series' paintings of 1967-71. Their titles refer to two towns and a bay, located on the west coast of Newfoundland._x0000_In the prints, the squared and double-squared formats of interlacing protectors are framed by crisp white margins, creating an effect quite different from the overwhelming immediacy of the paintings. The regular margins create a psychological distancing, and in the prints these designs of the paintings are, in a sense, re-presented for our consideration.

Lithograph in colours, 1971, on special Arjomari paper, signed, dated and numbered an AP aside from the edition of 78, published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, 96.5 x 96.5 cm. (38 x 38 in.)

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