Pauline Fediow
50.8 cms x 61 cms (20 ins x 24 ins)
Signed and on verso titled and dated 1958
made in 1958
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Figure - Fauna - Flora (5th session)" held on Thu, Jun 29, 2023.
Lot 407
Lot 407
Estimate: CAD $3,000 - $5,000
Realised: CAD $6,875
Realised: CAD $6,875
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the Artist by Private Collection, Toronto
By descent to the present Private Collection, Toronto
Notes:
A notable proportion of the work of artist and scholar Barker Fairley are portraits, and their stark, modernist tone provide an important counterpoint to his distinctively minimal stylized landscapes. The subject of this striking portrait is multi-disciplinary artist Pauline Fediow (1908-1980). Inspired as a child by the drawings of William Blake, she studied art and design at the Ontario College of Art, winning the Governor General’s medal in 1932. She went on to study sculpture with German-Canadian sculptor and coin designer Emanuel Otto Hahn (1881-1957), producing sculptures of other artists and performers of her time, including Fairley himself. Fairley did the same, capturing the likeness of fellow artists such as sculptor Almuth Lütkenhaus (1930-1996) and textile artist Ellen Adams (1941-2001), providing an intimate and invaluable record of the artistic milieu of this era.
The provenance of this work has been intimate, as well: it was acquired directly from the artist by a personal friend and mentee of Fairley, and has remained within the same family’s collection since.
Acquired directly from the Artist by Private Collection, Toronto
By descent to the present Private Collection, Toronto
Notes:
A notable proportion of the work of artist and scholar Barker Fairley are portraits, and their stark, modernist tone provide an important counterpoint to his distinctively minimal stylized landscapes. The subject of this striking portrait is multi-disciplinary artist Pauline Fediow (1908-1980). Inspired as a child by the drawings of William Blake, she studied art and design at the Ontario College of Art, winning the Governor General’s medal in 1932. She went on to study sculpture with German-Canadian sculptor and coin designer Emanuel Otto Hahn (1881-1957), producing sculptures of other artists and performers of her time, including Fairley himself. Fairley did the same, capturing the likeness of fellow artists such as sculptor Almuth Lütkenhaus (1930-1996) and textile artist Ellen Adams (1941-2001), providing an intimate and invaluable record of the artistic milieu of this era.
The provenance of this work has been intimate, as well: it was acquired directly from the artist by a personal friend and mentee of Fairley, and has remained within the same family’s collection since.
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