My Four Loves
61 cms x 61 cms (24 ins x 24 ins)
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Auction of Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)" held on Wed, Jun 22, 2016.
Lot 32
Lot 32
Realised: CAD $977
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, Ottawa
Literature:
Art Price, "Happiness Is Where You Find It," Ottawa, 1973, no. 162, reproduced
Created in the 1960s to experiment with colour, figure and process, "My Four Loves" is an example of the diverse multi disciplinary practice of Arthur 'Art' Price. Wet pigments were poured onto the flat supporting board to create biomorphic forms in the four corners of the work. Price was testing the limitations of mediums through experimentation while exploring the malleability of the medium. Depth and sensuous red colouring is achieved through the artists process. The work was part a series of experimental body of works rather than a commissioned piece which offers a glimpse into the personal artistic interests of the artist.
Notes:
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canadian artist Arthur Donald Price attended Western Technical School where he received a bursary to study at the Ontario College of Art in the evenings, under various teachers including Franklin H. Carmichael, George Pepper and Frederick S. Haines. Naturally creative, he worked as a free-lance commercial artist, and later went on to study dance with Boris Volkoff, build sets and appear in productions. Later, Price studied pattern-making and industrial design. In 1943 he went to the National Film Board as a set designer and part-time animator working with Norman McLaren. It was while working at the N.F.B. that he met and married Dalila Barbeau, daughter of noted ethnologist and folklorist Dr. Marius Barbeau.
Private Collection, Ottawa
Literature:
Art Price, "Happiness Is Where You Find It," Ottawa, 1973, no. 162, reproduced
Created in the 1960s to experiment with colour, figure and process, "My Four Loves" is an example of the diverse multi disciplinary practice of Arthur 'Art' Price. Wet pigments were poured onto the flat supporting board to create biomorphic forms in the four corners of the work. Price was testing the limitations of mediums through experimentation while exploring the malleability of the medium. Depth and sensuous red colouring is achieved through the artists process. The work was part a series of experimental body of works rather than a commissioned piece which offers a glimpse into the personal artistic interests of the artist.
Notes:
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canadian artist Arthur Donald Price attended Western Technical School where he received a bursary to study at the Ontario College of Art in the evenings, under various teachers including Franklin H. Carmichael, George Pepper and Frederick S. Haines. Naturally creative, he worked as a free-lance commercial artist, and later went on to study dance with Boris Volkoff, build sets and appear in productions. Later, Price studied pattern-making and industrial design. In 1943 he went to the National Film Board as a set designer and part-time animator working with Norman McLaren. It was while working at the N.F.B. that he met and married Dalila Barbeau, daughter of noted ethnologist and folklorist Dr. Marius Barbeau.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Cowley Abbott auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Cowley Abbott auction house for permission to use.