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Paula Rego, printmaker

Wendy Sewing on Peter's Shadow, 1992

Description

Maker

  • Marlborough Graphics, publisher
  • Paula Rego, b. 1935, British, printmaker

Title

Wendy Sewing on Peter's Shadow

Year

1992

Medium

Etching and aquatint on Somerset textured paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • aquatint

Supports

  • somerset 300gsm white textured paper

Dimensions

Plate: 27.8 x 20.2 cm (10 15/16 x 7 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In pencil, in LL margin: "36/50". In pencil, in LR margin, artist's signasture: "Paula Rego".

Identification

Edition

36/50

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Cindy and Scott Burns

Object Number

2000.111.2

Projects & Publications

Publications

Manual / Issue 11

Repair
Read Online

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Visions and Revisions

February 15 - August 4, 2019

In J. M. Barrie’s famous story, Peter Pan loses his shadow and is only reunited with it when his friend Wendy offers to sew it back on. That innocent episode is here reimagined by Rego in an ominous, erotically charged setting. On top of an open wardrobe—a site of childhood fears—reclines a nude woman, while on the back wall stuffed toys cast disquieting shadows.

Aquatint, a technique of light and shadows, is perfectly suited to depicting this episode, part of a portfolio of illustrations to Peter Pan. Rego, like Goya and Klinger, tends to produce prints in series using their same techniques, and also shares their interest in mystery, sexuality, and the darker sides of the human psyche.

Related

Paula Rego

Captain Hook and Lost Boy, 1992

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