CPE CSGA CSPWC OSA RCA
1941 - 2022
Canadian
For Ishmael Tiller: The Ledgy Rocks
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, editioned 57/75 and dated 1990
35 1/2 x 23 1/2 in, 90.2 x 59.7 cm
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CAD
Sold for: $16,250
Preview at:
PROVENANCE
West End Gallery, Edmonton
Private Collection, Vancouver
On the verso of this Lot is a letter from David Blackwood dated May 6, 1990 which reads:
"Dear Dan & Lana,
Ishmael Tiller was my grade 9 & 10 teacher in Wesleyville. He was an outstanding man and introduced me to Macbeth & Julius Caesar, Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, etc. He became a good friend and during the past ten years was the local historian in the Wesleyville region.
He was very ill during the time I was working on the print. The opening lines of Melville's great classic came to mind, "Call me Ishmael." I decided to include his name in the original title "The Ledgy Rocks". I sent him a copy and he was able to see it a week before he passed away. The Ledgy Rocks is a reef one mile outside the Wesleyville harbour. The Flora Nickerson struck it in 1953 and rests at the bottom of the rock.
Regards, David B."
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