The Primacy of Touch: The Drawings of Peter Milton : A Catalogue Raisonne

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Summary: A Master's Touch
Review: Peter Milton has long been respected for his exquisite drawings and subsequent etchings for many years. This catalogue raisonne of his drawings offers fine evidence of why he is so widely respected.

Milton draws in black and white, creating large scale images that are excruciatingly detailed n their realism, yet he goes beyond reality and suffuses his drawings with ethereal otherworldliness as though making dreams visual. Drawing with graphite on Mylar makes much of this impossible draughtsmanship possible, though his works on paper (and in his etchings) are equally as delicate.

Milton works in series: 'Country Pieces', 'La Belles et la Bete', 'Interiors', and the incomprehensibly evocative and beautiful 'The Aspern Papers' based on the work of Henry James.For each of the series in this fine book, Milton offers his written thoughts and the book opens with a thoughtful introduction by Rosellen Brown.

This book is a must for Milton admirers and for anyone who appreciates the gift of drawing. Highly recommended.

Grady Harp