Lot 151
Richard Sewell (1942-)
Lot 151 Details
Richard Sewell (1942-), American/Canadian
EXPLOITED STILL LIFE, 1981
Drint print (lithograph and colour silkscreen) on Rives watermarked paper; signed, titled, dated ‘81 at Toronto, and numbered 35/50 in pencil to margin, with artist’s blindstamp lower right. Unframed.
Sheet 29.5" x 26" — 74.9 x 66 cm.; 14" x 19.75" — 35.6 x 50.2 cm.
Estimate $50-$100
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Provenance:
From the Estate Collection of Erica Rutherford, P.E.I. (1923-2008)
Literature:
Colin S. MacDonald, A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Gallery of Canada; Kay Kritzwiser, "Everything I could say about one drawing”, from Globe & Mail, 19 June 1981
Note:
Richard Sewell was born in St. Louis, MO, USA and settled in Toronto in the late 1960’s. In 1970, Sewell co-founded the Open Studio Print Work Shop, a Toronto artist-run printmaking facility. In 1982, he joined the Art and Art History Program at Sheridan College and worked with a generation of students in the areas of printmaking, drawing, painting, sculpture, and performance art.
The artist began experimenting and developed a combination of drawing and printing. In a process the called ‘drint’, Sewell subjected his drawings to the same process as a print edition. In an interview with Kay Kritzwiser in 1981, Sewell speaks broadly of the drint technique and explains, “the drawing of the still life of a wicker basket of bananas and pears resting on a book.”