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LOT 83

Lot 83

ALEXANDER COLVILLE, R.C.A.

ALEXANDER COLVILLE, R.C.A.
Lot 83 Details
ALEXANDER COLVILLE, R.C.A.

CHIEN D’OR

serigraph
signed, dated 1987 and numbered 22/70
11 ins x 30 ins; 27.9 cms x 76.2 cms

Estimate $4,000-$5,000

Realised: $4,598
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Lot Report

Provenance:

Beckett Gallery, Hamilton

Literature:

David Burnett, Colville – Prints/Estampes, Department of External Affairs, Arts Promotion Division, Ottawa, 1985, page 15.
Michael Bell, Colville, Being Seen: The Serigraphs, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, 1994, page 60, fig. 28, for Chien D’Or, reproduced.

Note:

Many of Colville’s works feature animals as part of the whole scene or as the subject themselves. Burnett writes, “His love of animals is deep, and his respect for their existence absolute. ‘I think,’ he has said, ‘of animals as being incapable of evil.’” Here Colville’s dog, Min, is the main subject.

CONDITION DETAILS

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