Brandenburg Series Preoccupied - Heffel

More documents

Recommendations

Info

HEFFEL FINE ART AUCTION HOUSE 9682 FERNAND LEDUCAANFM CAS QMG 1916Sans titregouache on paper laid down on card,signed and dated 195114 3/4 x 18 1/8 in, 37.5 x 46 cmPROVENANCE:Private Collection, TorontoESTIMATE: $5,000 ~ 7,000828383 HAROLD BARLING TOWNCGP CPE CSGA OC OSA RCA 1924 ~ 1991Silent Light #16oil and lucite 44 on canvas, on verso signed five times,titled twice, dated 68~69~70 four times andinscribed hang in any direction22 3/4 x 23 in, 57.8 x 58.4 cmPROVENANCE:Mazelow Gallery, TorontoPrivate Collection, TorontoLITERATURE:David Burnett, Town, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1986, page 135The toppling of the family Christmas tree under the weight of too manycoloured glass ornaments inspired the Silent Light series, executed from1968 to 1970. As Burnett writes, Town, while collecting the shatteredglass, “became fascinated by the sparkle and mixing of coloured light, andhe made a collage from the fragments.” In the paintings, composed oftightly arranged geometric patterns created by using tape to mask off themany intricate layers, Town slowly built up surfaces as physically tactileas they are precise. Silent Light #16 has a hallucinatory exuberance to it,only made possible by the highly controlled method of construction.Differing from much of the hard edge geometric abstraction and Op Art ofthe time, Silent Light #16 is much more complex and organic in sensibility,causing the viewer’s eye to jump between the many layers which serve toboth construct and deconstruct the composition. Town’s own writing onthe back of the canvas exhorts the owner to “hang in any direction” and, infact, from any perspective it remains a pleasurable enigma to the eye and afocus of playful meditation.ESTIMATE: $6,000 ~ 8,000
HEFFEL FINE ART AUCTION HOUSE 9784 KENNETH CAMPBELL LOCHHEADASA OC 1926 ~2006Yellowscapeacrylic on canvas, on verso signed twice,titled and dated 1969 twice13 x 68 3/4 in, 33 x 174.6 cmPROVENANCE:Acquired directly from the Artist by the present Private Collection,TorontoThe present owner of Yellowscape became acquainted with KennethLochhead during the time he was an Associate Professor of Fine Art at theUniversity of Manitoba from 1964 to 1973. In her capacity as manager ofthe Art Rental department of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, she often visitedhis studio and those of many other local artists. She has particularly fondmemories of observing Lochhead at work on this canvas and was witnessto his striving to perfect the primary hue in this work, his aim being toduplicate the stunning yellow of a late August wheat field. Having herselfbeen entranced by that sight on the Prairies, and delighted with the artist’ssuccessful achievement, she purchased Yellowscape from him as soon as itwas completed.Deceiving in its simplicity, this work represents the paring down of theelements used to produce the post~painterly abstract works thatLochhead created beginning in the early 1960s and may, in fact, be one ofthe last of the stained canvases he made prior to changing his stylisticformat in the 1970s.ESTIMATE: $8,000 ~ 10,00086 ANTOINE PRÉVOST1930 ~Fog Bankwatercolour and coloured pencil on paper, signed23 1/2 x 31 1/2 in, 59.7 x 80 cmPROVENANCE:Private Collection, MontrealESTIMATE: $3,000 ~ 4,000840008685 GREGORY RICHARD CURNOE1936 ~ 1992Sheila Napping (The Green Park, London, UK)watercolour and pencil on sketchbook paper,signed, titled and dated June 20/786 x 9 in, 15.2 x 22.9 cmPROVENANCE:Acquired directly from the Artist by the present Private Collection,OntarioESTIMATE: $3,000 ~ 5,00085
Page 1 and 2: HEFFEL FINE ART AUCTION HOUSE 8164
Page 15: HEFFEL FINE ART AUCTION HOUSE 95818

Brandenburg Series Preoccupied - Heffel

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?