This continuing series began in 2019 with Peter Hristoff’s two-day figure drawing marathon with five models. In its most recent iteration, the East River site of Manhattanhenge, viewed from Roosevelt Island, is the locale for a Pandemic-inspired escape by a single bather. In between, the same figure, inspired by Cézanne’s monumental series of bathers, comes into his own as he emerges through a drawing of a woman done from life.
Untitled, Riverhenge, 2021. Pastel on construction paper, 12” x 9”.
Untitled, Riverhenge, 2021. Pastel on construction paper, 12” x 9”.
Untitled, Riverhenge, 2021. Pastel on construction paper, 12” x 8”.
Grid study for Riverhenge, 2021. Watercolor on Strathmore 500 laid paper, 20” x 14”,
Untitled, Bathers, after Cezanne, 2021; Neocolor II over watercolor, on 12” x 9” laid paper
Untitled, Bathers, 2021. Left: ink on construction paper, 9” x 12”; Right: Bathers studies, pencil on paper; ink on construction paper, 9” x 10”.
Harlequin Bather (after Cézanne), 2021. Watercolor on Arches paper, 9” x 6”.
Untitled, Bathers, 2021. Sumi ink on paper, 16” x 20”.
Untitled, Parnassus (details), 2019. Ink on paper, 28” x 44”.
Untitled, Parnassus, 2019. Ink on paper, 16” x 20”.
Untitled, Parnassus, 2019. India ink on paper, 16” x 20”.
Untitled, Parnassus, 2019. India ink on butcher paper, 34” x 40”.
Parnassus, book cover, 8.25” x 12”. Relief printing with wood type on Canson Mei Teintes, 2019.
Parnassus, accordion book mockup, 2019.