Zermatt 2021 (2021)

Peter Doig

etching with aquatint

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (National Galleries of Scotland), Edinburgh

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Signed, numbered and dated in graphite, lower margin, right: PD 21; left: AP 3-6. Inscribed on image, vertical on right: ZERMATT

Technique:

Etching, Aquatint

Dimensions:

35.6 x 30.5 (sheet) cm

Accession Number:

GMA 5903.16

Credit:

Gift of the artist, presented by the Contemporary Art Society through the Great Works Scheme, supported by the Sfumato Foundation, 2025

Scheme:

Great Works (2016-)

Ownership history:

Gift of the artist, presented by the Contemporary Art Society through the Great Works scheme, supported by the Sfumato Foundation, 2024; presented to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (National Galleries of Scotland), Edinburgh, 2025/26

Relationship:

Sfumato Foundation Two Palms, New York Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (National Galleries of Scotland), Edinburgh Peter Doig

An avid winter sportsman, Doig lived in Zermatt for six weeks in 2020 and for four months in 2021, working out of a studio on the mountain. With his inventive, painterly approach, the artist uses alpine imagery and traditional printmaking techniques to investigate landscape, material, and form. Doig's Zermatt works pay homage to the artist's passion for skiing and connection to Zermatt, while also referencing a rich tradition of alpine painting in Western art that began in the 15th century and was carried forward by masters such as Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Emil Nolde, and Ferdinand Holder.

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