Sharpshooter
51.4 cms x 76.2 cms (20.25 ins x 30 ins)
Signed and dated 1971 lower right
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art" held on Tue, May 29, 2018.
Lot 30661
Lot 30661
Estimate: CAD $10,000 - $15,000
Realised: CAD $10,620
Realised: CAD $10,620
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Gallery Moos, Toronto
Mr. Daniel Hechter, Paris, France
A Canadian Corporate Collection
Literature:
Paul Duval, High Realism in Canada, Toronto/Vancouver, 1974, pages 78, 80 and 84
Paul Duval, Ken Danby: The New Decade, 1984, pages 105 and 108
Paul Duval, Ken Danby, Toronto/Vancouver, 1976, page 130, reproduced page 137
Notes:
Kenneth (Ken) Danby was born on March 6, 1940 in Sault Ste. Marie, and was destined for a career as an artist. As a 12 year old, he was already talking to career advisors about how to enrol in the Ontario College of Art (Now OCADU). In 1958, he realized this dream by enrolling at the school, but became disenfranchised with institutional education and quit two years later. After briefly experimenting in abstract art, he returning to his roots in representational art, and specifically, realism, after being inspired on a trip to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo.
Gallery Moos, Toronto
Mr. Daniel Hechter, Paris, France
A Canadian Corporate Collection
Literature:
Paul Duval, High Realism in Canada, Toronto/Vancouver, 1974, pages 78, 80 and 84
Paul Duval, Ken Danby: The New Decade, 1984, pages 105 and 108
Paul Duval, Ken Danby, Toronto/Vancouver, 1976, page 130, reproduced page 137
Notes:
Kenneth (Ken) Danby was born on March 6, 1940 in Sault Ste. Marie, and was destined for a career as an artist. As a 12 year old, he was already talking to career advisors about how to enrol in the Ontario College of Art (Now OCADU). In 1958, he realized this dream by enrolling at the school, but became disenfranchised with institutional education and quit two years later. After briefly experimenting in abstract art, he returning to his roots in representational art, and specifically, realism, after being inspired on a trip to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo.
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 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.