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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Peter Saul, Birth of Venus, 2015
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    Peter Saul San Francisco, CA, USA, b. 1934

    Birth of Venus, 2015
    Acrylic on canvas
    163 × 213 cm

    Further images

    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Peter Saul, Raccoon Artist Surprises the Art World, 2009
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    “This picture shows “Venus” before she’s born. Her creation is still taking place. Major decisions haven’t been made yet. For instance, what color should her hair be? What style of...
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    “This picture shows “Venus” before she’s born. Her creation is still taking place. Major decisions haven’t been made yet. For instance, what color should her hair be? What style of shoe should she wear? What mouth? What hand? What color skin? All these questions and more as the unfinished Venus in her shell falls to earth through the night sky.“

    – Peter Saul

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    Exhibitions

    Peter Saul. Six Classics. Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, USA. 7 Nov – 18 Dec 2015 
    Peter Saul. You Better Call Saul. Gary Tatintsian Gallery. 22 Apr–31 Aug 2016

    Publications

    Catalogue “Peter Saul. You Better Call Saul”. Gary Tatintsian Gallery, 2016. pp. 64-65, 69, 70-73
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