OC
1930 -
Canadian
Gyrfalcon - Dark Phase
acrylic on board, 1972
signed and on verso inscribed "A10303"
35 1/2 x 23 1/2 in, 90.2 x 59.7 cm
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 CAD
Sold for: $22,500
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PROVENANCE
Beckett Gallery, Hamilton
Private Collection
Christopher Queen Gallery, California
Private Collection, Arizona
LITERATURE
Ramsay Derry, The World of Robert Bateman, 1985, reproduced page 114
Stanwyn G. Shetler, Portraits of Nature: Paintings by Robert Bateman, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987, page 51
Robert Bateman, Dark Gyrfalcon, robertbateman.ca/paintings/DarkGyrfalcon.htm; accessed October 26, 2022
EXHIBITED
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, Portraits of Nature: Paintings by Robert Bateman, January 17 – May 17, 1987
“The gyrfalcon comes in three colour phases - dark, gray or white. It is the king of the falcons and is much sought after by the falconers of the world, especially the nobility of the Arabian peninsula. The huge sums of money which are paid for the living birds or even the eggs, create an impossible pressure on the wild population. In North America they are, of course, totally protected by law, but enforcement is not always successful.
I did this painting for an endangered species show. I wanted to indicate a lonely feeling, thus I have the bird looking a bit wistful at the bottom of a large misty space. The colour scheme is restrained and bleak. The white edge to the wing is echoed in the vein of quartz in the rock.”
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