Day-O (2019) Print by Peter Long
27.94 x 33.02cm (unframed) / 13.97 x 16.51cm (actual image size)
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Artwork description
Morning breaks, the world comes to life and growth re-starts. For those who have worked the night, it's time to head home. This picture picks up Harry Belafonte's signature song from 1956 which begins:
Day-O, Day-O
Daylight come an me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Me say day, me say day-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Work all night on a drink o' rum
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Stack banana 'til de mornin' come
Daylight come and me wan' go home
This print was pulled from engravings cut from rubber.
Materials used:
oil-based printing inks, JPP Archival Dull White Inlay paper
Details:
- Print on Paper
- From a limited edition of 5
- Size: 27.94 x 33.02cm (unframed) / 13.97 x 16.51cm (actual image size)
- Signed and numbered on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
Tags:
#letterpress#original print#jamaica#bananas
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Artwork description
Morning breaks, the world comes to life and growth re-starts. For those who have worked the night, it's time to head home. This picture picks up Harry Belafonte's signature song from 1956 which begins:
Day-O, Day-O
Daylight come an me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Me say day, me say day-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Work all night on a drink o' rum
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Stack banana 'til de mornin' come
Daylight come and me wan' go home
This print was pulled from engravings cut from rubber.
Materials used:
oil-based printing inks, JPP Archival Dull White Inlay paper
Details:
- Print on Paper
- From a limited edition of 5
- Size: 27.94 x 33.02cm (unframed) / 13.97 x 16.51cm (actual image size)
- Signed and numbered on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
Tags:
#letterpress#original print#jamaica#bananas
Peter Long
United Kingdom
About
I keep a sketchbook in my pocket and draw what I come across. Sometimes I turn the drawing into a print. I developed a technique
that gives good ink transfer from... Read more