Sleeping Elephant, 1948
Signed and dated 1948 lower right, titled to gallery label verso backingTogether with the exhibition catalogue "Gertrude Hermes: Bronzes and Carvings, Drawings, Wood Engravings, Wood and Lino Block Cuts, 1924–1967" London: Whitechapel Gallery, 1967. Inscribed "For Jack, Love Gert" in pen to epigraph.Sheet/Book 12 ins x 18 ins; 30.5 cms x 45.7 cms; 8 ins x 8.75 ins; 20.3 cms x 22.2 cms
drawn in 1948
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "British & Continental Art" held on Thu, Feb 18, 2021.
Lot 434
Lot 434
Estimate: CAD $500 - $700
Realised: CAD $570
Realised: CAD $570
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
The Pollock Gallery Ltd., Toronto (Active 1960-1981) label verso gifted to "Jack" (Pollock) directly from the artist
Exhibitions:
"Gertrude Hermes: Bronzes and Carvings, Drawings, Wood Engravings, Wood and Lino Block Cuts, 1924–1967" London: Whitechapel Gallery, 1967.
Literature:
"Gertrude Hermes: Bronzes and Carvings, Drawings, Wood Engravings, Wood and Lino Block Cuts, 1924–1967" London: Whitechapel Gallery, 1967, Pl. 88.
The Pollock Gallery Ltd., Toronto (Active 1960-1981) label verso gifted to "Jack" (Pollock) directly from the artist
Exhibitions:
"Gertrude Hermes: Bronzes and Carvings, Drawings, Wood Engravings, Wood and Lino Block Cuts, 1924–1967" London: Whitechapel Gallery, 1967.
Literature:
"Gertrude Hermes: Bronzes and Carvings, Drawings, Wood Engravings, Wood and Lino Block Cuts, 1924–1967" London: Whitechapel Gallery, 1967, Pl. 88.
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 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.