Glenn Lewis (1935) - Fairy Ring (Traveller’S Companion Series), 1968

Fairy Ring (Traveller’S Companion Series), 1968

porcelain and plexiglass
41.3 cms (16.3 ins)
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "Joyner Canadian Fine Art Auction" held on Mon, Jun 3, 2013.
Lot 98
Estimate: CAD $3,000 - $5,000
Realised: CAD $3,068

Lot description - from the online catalogue*



Literature:
Paul Mathieu, “Sex Pots: Eroticism in Ceramics,” New Jersey, 2003, page 173.
Notes:
From Lewis' “Traveller's Companion” series, “Fairy Ring” is one of his most visionary works of art. As Mathieu notes, the phallic sculpture is part of “series of salt and pepper shakers and other vessel forms, thrown on the wheel in porcelain, in a very fluid, loose, direct and non-conventional anti-craft fashion.” “Fairy Ring”, along with other works in the group, such as “Nothing is Revealed”, “serve as a subject for exploration of diverse concepts around making and using, touching and looking, and other more obvious sexual connotations.”
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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Fairy Ring (Traveller’S Companion Series), 1968 by artist Glenn Lewis