The Kiss (Phantoms of the Modern Series)
200,424 cms (78,907.13 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 35405
Lot 35405
Realised: CAD $2,400
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto
Notes:
John Massey was born in 1950 in Toronto, where he is currently based. One of Canada's most prominent contemporary artists, he has exhibited his work nationally and internationally since 1979. Selected exhibitions include Toronto: Tributes + Tributaries, 1971 - 1989, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2017); Looking Out and Looking In: A Selection of Contemporary Photography, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo (2013); Envisioning Buildings, Reflecting Architecture in Contemporary Art Photography, MAK Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Vienna (2012); Yesterday's Tomorrows, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (2010); and Beyond Cinema: The Art of Projection, Hamburger Banhof, Berlin (2006). Massey's work resides in institutional collections such as the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; the Musée d'art contemporain de Montreal; The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; the Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Toronto; as well as numerous international private and corporate collections.
Private Collection, Toronto
Notes:
John Massey was born in 1950 in Toronto, where he is currently based. One of Canada's most prominent contemporary artists, he has exhibited his work nationally and internationally since 1979. Selected exhibitions include Toronto: Tributes + Tributaries, 1971 - 1989, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2017); Looking Out and Looking In: A Selection of Contemporary Photography, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo (2013); Envisioning Buildings, Reflecting Architecture in Contemporary Art Photography, MAK Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Vienna (2012); Yesterday's Tomorrows, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (2010); and Beyond Cinema: The Art of Projection, Hamburger Banhof, Berlin (2006). Massey's work resides in institutional collections such as the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; the Musée d'art contemporain de Montreal; The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; the Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Toronto; as well as numerous international private and corporate collections.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Cowley Abbott auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Cowley Abbott auction house for permission to use.