SARAH PICKSTONE (B. 1965, UK)
Park V
2004
signed, titled and dated ‘PICKSTONE, THE PARK – 2004, NUMBER V’ (on the reverse)
inscribed ‘PICKSTONE, THE PARK 5, 2004, ACRYLIC + OIL ON CANVAS’ (on the reverse)
Oil and acrylic on canvas
206 x 264.5 cm
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Provenance:
Platform, London

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2004

Literature:
‘Saatchi Gallery Loan of Art’ published by Saatchi Gallery, London, 2006, pp. 289

Description:
From Saatchi Gallery, Loan of Art, pp.289 – “In Pickstone’s Park series, the magical paradox of parkland – nature in an inner-city setting – is recreated. Willy Wonka’s chocolate river is fused with Monet’s paintings of Argenteuil’s waterways in Park V; minute birds perch on the snowy ground next to gaint leaves in Park II (Birds). These paintings are over two metres wide and engulf the viewer, drawing you into a world on the very edge of reality”.