Suit of Lights
228.6 cms x 188 cms (90 ins x 74 ins)
On verso signed, titled and dated 1966
made in 1966
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Summer Select (1st session)" held on Thu, Jul 27, 2023.
Lot 026
Lot 026
Estimate: CAD $4,000 - $6,000
Realised: CAD $3,125
Realised: CAD $3,125
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the Artist by a Private Collection, Regina, 1968
By descent to the present Private Collection, Vancouver
Exhibitions:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Perspectives '67, July 8 – September 10, 1967
Notes:
Bruce Parsons studied at the Ontario College of Art with Jock Macdonald in 1961 and at the University of Saskatchewan’s Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops, with Kenneth Noland in 1963 and Jules Olitski in 1964. He was part of the conceptual art practice at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design from the early to mid 1970s. From the late 1970s to late 2000, he was director of the graduate MFA program and an associate professor in the Fine Arts Department at York University, in Toronto. His work is in the collections of the Saskatchewan Arts Board, Art Gallery of Ontario, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, MoMA, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada Council Art Bank, Nova Scotia Art Bank, and National Gallery of Canada.
Acquired directly from the Artist by a Private Collection, Regina, 1968
By descent to the present Private Collection, Vancouver
Exhibitions:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Perspectives '67, July 8 – September 10, 1967
Notes:
Bruce Parsons studied at the Ontario College of Art with Jock Macdonald in 1961 and at the University of Saskatchewan’s Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops, with Kenneth Noland in 1963 and Jules Olitski in 1964. He was part of the conceptual art practice at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design from the early to mid 1970s. From the late 1970s to late 2000, he was director of the graduate MFA program and an associate professor in the Fine Arts Department at York University, in Toronto. His work is in the collections of the Saskatchewan Arts Board, Art Gallery of Ontario, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, MoMA, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada Council Art Bank, Nova Scotia Art Bank, and National Gallery of Canada.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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