'Paris- Lowering Elephants' - A signed, limited edition silkscreen print by Sir Peter Blake. Available individually or as part of the Paris Suite portfolio box set. The languid expression on...
'Paris- Lowering Elephants' - A signed, limited edition silkscreen print by Sir Peter Blake. Available individually or as part of the Paris Suite portfolio box set.
The languid expression on the elephants’ faces contrasts humorously with the drama of their arrival via winch. The sight of elephants flying through the air in this manner is utterly surreal, perhaps referring to the Disney song ‘When I See an Elephant Fly’. Blake’s humanisation of elephants in the series is continued, with one of the pachyderms cradling a human infant.