Sugartime
22.86 cms x 2,824.48 cms x 38.1 cms (9 ins x 1,112 ins x 9 ins)
Signed lower right, titled and editioned lower centre
Lot offered for sale by Saskatchewan NAC, Regina at the auction event "Prints and Photography" held on Sun, Mar 19, 2023.
Lot 148
Lot 148
Estimate: CAD $90 - $120
Realised: CAD $56
Realised: CAD $56
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
From the collection of CollectorâÀs Choice Art Gallery, Saskatoon.
Notes:
Alberto de Castro was born in 1952 in Angola, to Portuguese parents, and studied art in Spain before immigrating to Canada in 1969. He first lived first in Montreal, then Toronto, and found much artistic inspiration in Portuguese and Canadian family traditions and Canadian winter scenes. De Castro was commissioned to paint a mural for the Portuguese Pavilion at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. His work was widely exhibited in Ontario and Quebec, and can be found in the permanent collections of the Ontario Legislature, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, and the Portuguese Consulate in Toronto. Alberto de Castro died in 1995 at the age of forty-two from AIDS related causes.
From the collection of CollectorâÀs Choice Art Gallery, Saskatoon.
Notes:
Alberto de Castro was born in 1952 in Angola, to Portuguese parents, and studied art in Spain before immigrating to Canada in 1969. He first lived first in Montreal, then Toronto, and found much artistic inspiration in Portuguese and Canadian family traditions and Canadian winter scenes. De Castro was commissioned to paint a mural for the Portuguese Pavilion at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. His work was widely exhibited in Ontario and Quebec, and can be found in the permanent collections of the Ontario Legislature, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, and the Portuguese Consulate in Toronto. Alberto de Castro died in 1995 at the age of forty-two from AIDS related causes.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.