BCSFA CGP CSPWC OC RCA
1909 - 1998
Canadian
Passionate Garden
oil on canvas, circa 1957
signed and on verso signed titled and inscribed "150." on the tacking margin and inscribed "Memory of a Menton garden" and "$250."
29 x 36 in, 73.7 x 91.4 cm
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 CAD
Sold for: $25,000
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
By descent to the present Private Collection, Vancouver
LITERATURE
Scott Watson, Jack Shadbolt, 1990, page 78
In 1956, Jack Shadbolt traveled to the Mediterranean for a year on a Canada Council fellowship. Until September 1957 he was based at Menton in the French Riviera, setting up his studio in a sunny cottage there. The Mediterranean was a revelation to Shadbolt—it provoked a personal transformation through its colour, light and warmth. He declared, “To be given this is the gift of life” and gave himself over to hedonism, plunging into a new and liberated palette. French painter Henri Matisse and his views of the sun-drenched Mediterranean from hotel balconies entered his consciousness, and Shadbolt absorbed his lyricism and sensuality. In Passionate Garden, Shadbolt composed his surfaces through luscious light-filled colour, creating a mosaic of shapes plastered on with a palette knife in the lower half of the painting and a golden colour field of sky above, representing his impressions of a garden in Menton. Two columns, possibly palm trees, tower before this rich tapestry, the exotic protagonists of this sensuous Mediterranean scene.
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 CAD
All prices are in Canadian Dollars
Although great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information posted, errors and omissions may occur. All bids are subject to our
Terms and Conditions of Business. Bidders must ensure they have satisfied themselves with the
condition of the Lot prior to bidding. Condition reports are available upon request.