Peter Lanyon - Underground

This print (and its companion, In the Trees) was created in a studio above the Leach Pottery in St. Ives, Cornwall. Warren Mackenzie at the time was a visiting American student potter and worked on the print with Lanyon. It has all the characteristics of one of Mackenzie’s much collected pots: there is an appealing earthiness to the colours, and the central black lines remind one of kanji - Japanese script – and echo, perhaps, the influence that Japan had on Mackenzie’s teacher, Bernard Leach. 

Size: Size: 24.5 x 26.3; paper (deckle edged): 38.0 x 40.0cm

Format: Giclée Print, Limited Edition (1/500) on 310gsm thick, 100% cotton, deckle edged rag. 

© Peter Lanyon Estate