Waiting
37.1 cms x 11.9 cms (14.6 ins x 4.7 ins)
Signed
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "Canadian Art Online Auction - February 18 - March 5, 2015" held on Thu, Mar 5, 2015.
Lot 51
Lot 51
Estimate: CAD $600 - $800
Realised: CAD $564
Realised: CAD $564
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto
Notes:
Born in Budapest, Charles-Ernest de Belle studied in Paris and lived in London prior to his arrival in Montreal. Best known for portraits of children and winter landscapes, de Belle developed his own method of fixative for the artwork he executed in pastel and chalks. His ethereal compositions seem to float atop a backdrop of meringue. Here we see a young woman poised in anticipation. We question what or whom she is waiting for: her ghost-like figure, downy and warm, and her sense of longing encapsulated between glass.
Private Collection, Toronto
Notes:
Born in Budapest, Charles-Ernest de Belle studied in Paris and lived in London prior to his arrival in Montreal. Best known for portraits of children and winter landscapes, de Belle developed his own method of fixative for the artwork he executed in pastel and chalks. His ethereal compositions seem to float atop a backdrop of meringue. Here we see a young woman poised in anticipation. We question what or whom she is waiting for: her ghost-like figure, downy and warm, and her sense of longing encapsulated between glass.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Waddington's auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Waddington's auction house for permission to use.