Dog and Bridge
90.2 cms x 90.2 cms (35.5 ins x 35.5 ins)
On verso signed, titled, dated 1976 and inscribed "acrylic polymer emulsion"
made in 1976
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Spring Live auction" held on Wed, Jul 15, 2020.
Lot 026
Lot 026
Estimate: CAD $800,000 - $1,200,000
Realised: CAD $2,401,250
Realised: CAD $2,401,250
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Fischer Fine Art Limited, London
Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, Alex Colville: schilderijen & tekeningen, 1970 – 1977, March 5 – April 10, 1977, traveling in 1977 to Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf and Fischer Fine Art Limited, London, catalogue #15
Galerie Royale, Vancouver, Alex Colville, July – August 13, 1977
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto and Montreal, Alex Colville, 1978
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Alex Colville, A Retrospective, July 22 – September 18, 1983, traveling in 1983 – 1984 to Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax; Staatliche Kunsthalle, Berlin; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; and Vancouver Art Gallery, catalogue #cr.107.ex.46
W.K.P. Kennedy Gallery, Ontario, Colville: Beings in Time, October 23 – November 28, 1992, catalogue #7
Literature:
Robert Melville, Alex Colville, Marlborough Fine Art (London), 1970, the related drawing Seeing-Eye Dog, Man and Bridge reproduced page 36
Helen J. Dow, The Art of Alex Colville, 1972, the related drawing Seeing-Eye Dog, Man and Bridge reproduced plate 39, page 90
Virgil Hammock, “Alex Colville: La perfection dans le réalisme / Perfection and Reality,” Vie des arts, vol. 21, no. 84, Autumn 1976, reproduced page 16
“Modes of Representational Art,” artscanada no. 210 / 211, December 1976 – January 1977, reproduced page 37
Alex Colville, Alex Colville: schilderijen & tekeningen, 1970 – 1977, Gemeentemuseum, 1977, reproduced unpaginated and front cover
Art Perry, The Province, “Increased Drama Shows in Latest Colville Works,” July 30, 1977, reproduced
Marina Vaizey, Alex Colville: Paintings and Drawings, 1970 – 1977, Städtische Kunsthalle and Fischer Fine Art Limited, 1977, listed catalogue #15, page 31 and reproduced front cover
Notes:
Literature continued:
David Burnett, Alex Colville, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983, mentioned pages 140, 207, 208, reproduced page 209, catalogue raisonné #107, and the related drawing Study for Dog and Bridge reproduced page 210
Colville: Beings in Time, W.K.P. Kennedy Gallery, 1992, reproduced inside front cover, listed, unpaginated
Tom Smart, Alex Colville: Return, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2003, reproduced page 67
Fischer Fine Art Limited, London
Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, Alex Colville: schilderijen & tekeningen, 1970 – 1977, March 5 – April 10, 1977, traveling in 1977 to Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf and Fischer Fine Art Limited, London, catalogue #15
Galerie Royale, Vancouver, Alex Colville, July – August 13, 1977
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto and Montreal, Alex Colville, 1978
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Alex Colville, A Retrospective, July 22 – September 18, 1983, traveling in 1983 – 1984 to Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax; Staatliche Kunsthalle, Berlin; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; and Vancouver Art Gallery, catalogue #cr.107.ex.46
W.K.P. Kennedy Gallery, Ontario, Colville: Beings in Time, October 23 – November 28, 1992, catalogue #7
Literature:
Robert Melville, Alex Colville, Marlborough Fine Art (London), 1970, the related drawing Seeing-Eye Dog, Man and Bridge reproduced page 36
Helen J. Dow, The Art of Alex Colville, 1972, the related drawing Seeing-Eye Dog, Man and Bridge reproduced plate 39, page 90
Virgil Hammock, “Alex Colville: La perfection dans le réalisme / Perfection and Reality,” Vie des arts, vol. 21, no. 84, Autumn 1976, reproduced page 16
“Modes of Representational Art,” artscanada no. 210 / 211, December 1976 – January 1977, reproduced page 37
Alex Colville, Alex Colville: schilderijen & tekeningen, 1970 – 1977, Gemeentemuseum, 1977, reproduced unpaginated and front cover
Art Perry, The Province, “Increased Drama Shows in Latest Colville Works,” July 30, 1977, reproduced
Marina Vaizey, Alex Colville: Paintings and Drawings, 1970 – 1977, Städtische Kunsthalle and Fischer Fine Art Limited, 1977, listed catalogue #15, page 31 and reproduced front cover
Notes:
Literature continued:
David Burnett, Alex Colville, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983, mentioned pages 140, 207, 208, reproduced page 209, catalogue raisonné #107, and the related drawing Study for Dog and Bridge reproduced page 210
Colville: Beings in Time, W.K.P. Kennedy Gallery, 1992, reproduced inside front cover, listed, unpaginated
Tom Smart, Alex Colville: Return, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2003, reproduced page 67
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.