Nemesis

Details

Peter Howson (b. 1958)
Nemesis
signed 'HOWSON' (lower right)
oil on canvas
47½ x 60 in. (120.6 x 152.3 cm.)

Exhibited

Glasgow, Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Red is the colour of passion...', September 1995.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Peter Howson was commissioned to design costumes and stage sets for the Scottish Opera production of Don Giovanni which was staged in 1995. The present painting is part of a series painted as a response to that experience, and exhibited to commemorate the commission in Glasgow. In an interview at the time with the The Herald, Howson comments: "Everything to do with Don Giovanni is curvaceous and sexy. The rest is sharp, pointed, and angular. I've kept the colour scheme very simple: rich scarlet, vermilion, and cherry red for Don Giovanni's territory: his bedroom, ballroom, the wedding-party scenes, and for hell.."

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