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March 04, 2014

LOT 45

Lot 45

GORDON RAYNER

GORDON RAYNER
Lot 45 Details
GORDON RAYNER

UNTITLED

mixed media sculpture
signed and dated 1983 on the reverse
13 ins x 4 ins x 4 ins; 33 cms x 10.2 cms x 10.2 cms

Estimate $700-$900

Realised: $720
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

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Renowned for his manipulation of painting materials, Gordon Rayner has been called "the carpenter" of contemporary Canadian art. Rayner was taught by his father, a landscape painter, and worked in various commercial art firms, including Wookey, Bush and Winter with Jack Bush. Rayner's early 1960s work, with its juxtaposed materials, experiments in canvas shape and sense of humour and reflects the neo-dada mood then prevalent in Toronto. In time he became a sumptuous painter of Canadian landscape, especially the area around Magnetawan, Ontario. His cityscapes reflect his home on Toronto's Spadina Avenue. Rayner's work boldly ricochets from one concern to another, even within the same painting, though his inventions are united by his broad touch and spectacular sense of colour.

CONDITION DETAILS

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