Atomic Blast, 1984
107 cms x 91.3 cms (42 ins x 36 ins)
Lot offered for sale by Sothebys, Toronto at the auction event "Important Canadian Art" held on Tue, Nov 27, 2012.
Lot 31
Lot 31
Estimate: CAD $20,000 - $30,000
Realised: CAD $30,000
Realised: CAD $30,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
"Baby Makes 3", Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, 1984
"General Idea 1968-1984", Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, 1984; Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 1985
"The 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion", Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1985; Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, 1985
Literature:
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum," General Idea 1968-1984", Eindhoven, 1984, p. 98. reproduced.
Jay Scott, "Going through the notions," "Canadian Art", Toronto, 1:1 (fall 1984), p. 79, reproduced.
Notes:
This rare, early, and beautiful painting by General Idea has been in a private collection virtually since it was painting in 1984. The atomic blast it depicts has been a constant image in the world's imagination since Hiroshima, but this pointilist version, so exquisitely executed, is ambiguous, metaphorical, and referential to art history, HIV-AIDS and the Atomic bomb.
Additional Literature:
Mitsuhiro Takemura, "Summon the Muse of the Imagination (General Idea's Simulation Blue),Bijutsu Techo", Tokyo, 41:603 (January 1989), p. 74, reproduced.
Stephan Trescher, "General Idea. Die Kanadische Künstlergruppe", Nürnberg: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 1996, p. 149, reproduced."
"National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives," General Idea fonds Finding Aid", Projects Series 1983-1984; Notebooks Series (b) Felix Partz Notebooks, file 1985 2/2; Correspondence Series [Business], Art Gallery of Ontario 1971-1995 file.
Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
"Baby Makes 3", Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, 1984
"General Idea 1968-1984", Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, 1984; Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 1985
"The 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion", Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1985; Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, 1985
Literature:
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum," General Idea 1968-1984", Eindhoven, 1984, p. 98. reproduced.
Jay Scott, "Going through the notions," "Canadian Art", Toronto, 1:1 (fall 1984), p. 79, reproduced.
Notes:
This rare, early, and beautiful painting by General Idea has been in a private collection virtually since it was painting in 1984. The atomic blast it depicts has been a constant image in the world's imagination since Hiroshima, but this pointilist version, so exquisitely executed, is ambiguous, metaphorical, and referential to art history, HIV-AIDS and the Atomic bomb.
Additional Literature:
Mitsuhiro Takemura, "Summon the Muse of the Imagination (General Idea's Simulation Blue),Bijutsu Techo", Tokyo, 41:603 (January 1989), p. 74, reproduced.
Stephan Trescher, "General Idea. Die Kanadische Künstlergruppe", Nürnberg: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 1996, p. 149, reproduced."
"National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives," General Idea fonds Finding Aid", Projects Series 1983-1984; Notebooks Series (b) Felix Partz Notebooks, file 1985 2/2; Correspondence Series [Business], Art Gallery of Ontario 1971-1995 file.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Sothebys auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Sothebys auction house for permission to use.