Column on Browns
1,965 cms (773.62 ins)
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art" held on Thu, Dec 3, 2020.
Lot 36003
Lot 36003
Realised: CAD $870,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Collection of the artist (1965)
Robert Elkon (1965-1983)
Sotheby's New York, auction (November 9, 1983), lot 23
André Emmerich Gallery, New York (1984)
Gallery One (September 1988)
Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
"Colorists 1950-1965", San Francisco Museum of Art, 1965
"Jacques Hurtubise and Jack Bush: Sao Paulo IX Biennial", Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1967
"Jack Bush: A Selection 1961 - 65", Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, 1980
"Robert Elkon - Two Decades", Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, 1981
"Jack Bush Paintings: 1965-1976: an exhibition in honour of the publication of 'The Life and Art of Jack Bush'", André Emmerich Gallery, New York, 1984
Literature:
Jean-René Ostiguy, "Jacques Hurtubise and Jack Bush: Sao Paulo IX Biennial 1967" [Exhibition Catalogue], National Gallery of Canada, 1967, n.p., cat. no 1
Robert Elkon Gallery, "Jack Bush: A Selection 1961 - 65" [Exhibition Catalogue], 1980, n.p., cat. no. 2, reproduced in colour
"Robert Elkon - Two Decades" [Exhibition Catalogue], 1981, reproduced page 45
Jack Bush quoted in Ronald Alley, "Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists", Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, page 89
Roberta Smith, 'Jack Bush', [Review/Art] "The New York Times" (18 March 1988)
Barbara Rose, "Introduction,"in "Robert Elkon: Two Decades", The Robert Elkon Gallery, 1981
Jack Bush quoted in Joy Hakanson, 'A Canadian Does His Thing: Making Great Paintings', "Detroit News" (10 November 1968), page 10
Notes:
A founding member of the Painters Eleven group and the subject of major retrospectives at the Art Gallery of Ontario (1976) and the National Gallery of Canada (2014), John Hamilton (Jack) Bush (born March 20, 1909 in Toronto; died January 24, 1977 in Toronto) was one of Canada's most influential artists. Among the first Canadian painters of his generation to achieve international success in his lifetime, Bush was a masterful draftsman and colourist whose works are coveted by major institutions and private collectors throughout the world. Born in the Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto in 1909, Bush spent his childhood in London, Ontario, and Montréal, Québec, where he studied at the Royal Canadian Academy and apprenticed as a commercial artist in his father's business, Rapid Electro Type Company. After relocating in 1928 to work in the firm's Toronto offices, his interest in fine art grew through contact with members of the Group of Seven, the Ontario Society of Artists, and the Canadian Group of Painters. Working as a commercial artist by day, Bush painted and took night classes at the Ontario College of Art (now the Ontario College of Art and Design University) throughout the 1930s, studying under Frederick Challener, John Alfsen, George Pepper, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Charles Comfort. After forming the commercial design firm Wookey, Bush and Winter in 1942 with partners Leslie Wookey and William Winter, Bush remained engaged in the graphic art world until his retirement in 1968.
Collection of the artist (1965)
Robert Elkon (1965-1983)
Sotheby's New York, auction (November 9, 1983), lot 23
André Emmerich Gallery, New York (1984)
Gallery One (September 1988)
Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
"Colorists 1950-1965", San Francisco Museum of Art, 1965
"Jacques Hurtubise and Jack Bush: Sao Paulo IX Biennial", Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1967
"Jack Bush: A Selection 1961 - 65", Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, 1980
"Robert Elkon - Two Decades", Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, 1981
"Jack Bush Paintings: 1965-1976: an exhibition in honour of the publication of 'The Life and Art of Jack Bush'", André Emmerich Gallery, New York, 1984
Literature:
Jean-René Ostiguy, "Jacques Hurtubise and Jack Bush: Sao Paulo IX Biennial 1967" [Exhibition Catalogue], National Gallery of Canada, 1967, n.p., cat. no 1
Robert Elkon Gallery, "Jack Bush: A Selection 1961 - 65" [Exhibition Catalogue], 1980, n.p., cat. no. 2, reproduced in colour
"Robert Elkon - Two Decades" [Exhibition Catalogue], 1981, reproduced page 45
Jack Bush quoted in Ronald Alley, "Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists", Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, page 89
Roberta Smith, 'Jack Bush', [Review/Art] "The New York Times" (18 March 1988)
Barbara Rose, "Introduction,"in "Robert Elkon: Two Decades", The Robert Elkon Gallery, 1981
Jack Bush quoted in Joy Hakanson, 'A Canadian Does His Thing: Making Great Paintings', "Detroit News" (10 November 1968), page 10
Notes:
A founding member of the Painters Eleven group and the subject of major retrospectives at the Art Gallery of Ontario (1976) and the National Gallery of Canada (2014), John Hamilton (Jack) Bush (born March 20, 1909 in Toronto; died January 24, 1977 in Toronto) was one of Canada's most influential artists. Among the first Canadian painters of his generation to achieve international success in his lifetime, Bush was a masterful draftsman and colourist whose works are coveted by major institutions and private collectors throughout the world. Born in the Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto in 1909, Bush spent his childhood in London, Ontario, and Montréal, Québec, where he studied at the Royal Canadian Academy and apprenticed as a commercial artist in his father's business, Rapid Electro Type Company. After relocating in 1928 to work in the firm's Toronto offices, his interest in fine art grew through contact with members of the Group of Seven, the Ontario Society of Artists, and the Canadian Group of Painters. Working as a commercial artist by day, Bush painted and took night classes at the Ontario College of Art (now the Ontario College of Art and Design University) throughout the 1930s, studying under Frederick Challener, John Alfsen, George Pepper, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Charles Comfort. After forming the commercial design firm Wookey, Bush and Winter in 1942 with partners Leslie Wookey and William Winter, Bush remained engaged in the graphic art world until his retirement in 1968.
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