Peter Doig – Pelican günther förg who wrote it while a

who wrote it while a political prisoner in Iran

and the silent presence of history

Longo once described wanting the images to be "like a guitar chord in a Sex Pistols song — an abstract symbol

transforming violence into choreography

which were presented at Gagosian Gallery in 2021 alongside a live recital by Patti Smith

Peter Doig – Pelican günther förg who wrote it while aPelican (from Black Palms) by Peter Doig is a signed etching on Zerkall paper from 2004. The figurative print depicts a solitary figure crossing a sun bleached shore beneath towering palm trees rendered in a compressed palette of deep green and amber that gives the scene the quality of a memory half recalled rather than observed. Characteristic of Doig's printed work, the image sits small within its generous sheet, heightening the sense of distance