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LOT 109

Lot 109

DENNIS EUGENE NORMAN BURTON

DENNIS EUGENE NORMAN BURTON
Lot 109 Details
DENNIS EUGENE NORMAN BURTON

EDGE

oil on masonite
signed and dated ‘58; also signed, dated Feb ‘58, titled and inscribed “never shown” on the reverse
36 ins x 48 ins; 91.4 cms x 121.9 cms

Estimate $9,000-$12,000

Realised: $8,850
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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DENNIS EUGENE NORMAN BURTON
  • DENNIS EUGENE NORMAN BURTON
Provenance:

Private Collection, Toronto

Literature:

Denise Leclerc, The Crisis of Abstraction in Canada: The 1950s, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1992, page 97.

Note:

Following a series of visits to the Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, in the late 1950s, Dennis Burton embraced a shift towards Abstract Expressionism. As Denise Leclerc observed, “The large, square paintings on hardboard from 1958…have the same complex composition of interweaving forms as seen in de Kooning’s works of this period.” In Edge, coloured forms amass – generating a perspective that makes the viewer feel as though they are standing on a breathtaking precipice.

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  • 5 Stars: Excellent - No discernable damage, flaws or imperfections
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