CGP CPE CSGA OC OSA P11 RCA
1924 - 1990
Canadian
Enigma No. 5 (Arrow & Apple)
pen and ink (white and black) with wash on grey/green paper
signed and dated 15/16 January 1964 and on verso signed, titled on the Biennale di Venezia label and with three other labels relating to the exhibition and dated
19 x 26 1/4 in, 48.3 x 66.7 cm
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 CAD
Sold for: $3,438
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario
EXHIBITED
XXXII Esposizione Biennale Internzionale d'Arte (Venice Biennale), Venice, Italy, 1964, catalogue no. 32
This work is from a series that was originally included in the 1964 Venice Biennale. Two of the works were deemed offensive by a cardinal who ordered them removed. Town revelled in the situation, saying it was an honour to be banned in Italy but ironic that the pictures were removed on the complaint of a cardinal, as he regarded censorship as a cardinal sin.
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