PC CC
1920 - 2013
Canadian
August
acrylic polymer emulsion on board
on verso signed, titled, dated 1964 and inscribed "Acrylic Polymer Emulsion (used as binder in gesso paint and for final protective layer)" / "E 7484" / "7/5"
17 1/2 x 34 1/2 in, 44.5 x 87.6 cm
Estimate: $500,000 - $700,000 CAD
Sold for: $601,250
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PROVENANCE
Collection of the Artist
Acquired directly from the Artist by Lady Jean Brinckman (née Southam), 1966
By descent to the present Private Estate, Ontario
LITERATURE
Modern Realism and Surrealism, American Federation of Arts, 1965, listed
Statements: 18 Canadian Artists, MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1967, reproduced page 35
Alex Colville, Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1969, listed page 22 and reproduced page 27
Alex Colville, Marlborough Fine Art, 1970, listed page 10 and reproduced page 24
David Burnett, Colville, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983, reproduced page 142
EXHIBITED
American Federation of Arts, New York, Modern Realism and Surrealism, September 1965 – September 1966, catalogue #3
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Statements: 18 Canadian Artists, November 16 – December 17, 1967
Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Alex Colville, November 20, 1969 – January 10, 1970, catalogue #15
Marlborough Fine Art, London, Alex Colville, January 16 – February 1970, catalogue #13
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Alex Colville: A Retrospective, July 22 - September 18, 1983, traveling in 1983 - 1984 to the Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax; Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; and Vancouver Art Gallery, catalogue #31
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Estimate: $500,000 - $700,000 CAD
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