Fire Image (2)
102.9 cms x 76.2 cms (40.5 ins x 30 ins)
Signed and on verso signed, titled, dated 1960 and inscribed variously
made in 1960
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Back to School: Vancouver School of Art (1st session)" held on Thu, Sep 28, 2023.
Lot 013
Lot 013
Estimate: CAD $4,000 - $6,000
Realised: CAD $11,875
Realised: CAD $11,875
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, British Columbia
Fine Canadian Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, September 25, 2008, lot 221
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Vancouver
Exhibitions:
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Fourth Biennial Exhibition, 1961, catalogue #37, label on verso
Notes:
Vancouver born Donald Jarvis began studying at the Vancouver School of Art in 1941 under B.C. Binning and Jack Shadbolt. He was a recipient of the Emily Carr scholarship, and upon graduating in 1948 went to study with Hans Hoffman in New York on the advice of Lawren Harris. He returned to Vancouver in 1950 where a solo show of his work was held at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The National Gallery acquired two of his canvases that year. In 1951 he was hired as an instructor of drawing and painting at the Vancouver School of Art, and in 1961 was appointed head of the department where he remained for 36 years.
Fire Image (2) was included in the Fourth Biennial Exhibition, organized by the National Gallery, in 1961.
Private Collection, British Columbia
Fine Canadian Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, September 25, 2008, lot 221
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Vancouver
Exhibitions:
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Fourth Biennial Exhibition, 1961, catalogue #37, label on verso
Notes:
Vancouver born Donald Jarvis began studying at the Vancouver School of Art in 1941 under B.C. Binning and Jack Shadbolt. He was a recipient of the Emily Carr scholarship, and upon graduating in 1948 went to study with Hans Hoffman in New York on the advice of Lawren Harris. He returned to Vancouver in 1950 where a solo show of his work was held at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The National Gallery acquired two of his canvases that year. In 1951 he was hired as an instructor of drawing and painting at the Vancouver School of Art, and in 1961 was appointed head of the department where he remained for 36 years.
Fire Image (2) was included in the Fourth Biennial Exhibition, organized by the National Gallery, in 1961.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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