Laureen Marchand (1949) - Jungle Viola

Jungle Viola

oil on canvas
50.8 cms x 3,101.98 cms x 33.66 cms (20 ins x 1,221.25 ins x 20 ins)
Signed, titled and dated verso, titled and dated on gallery label verso
made in 2002
Lot offered for sale by Saskatchewan NAC, Regina at the auction event "University of Regina President's Art Collection, Shumiatcher Donation" held on Sun, Sep 24, 2023.
Lot 82
Estimate: CAD $1,200 - $1,600
Realised: CAD $885

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
From the University of Regina, President's Art Collection, Shumiatcher Donation. Collection of Dr. Morris C. Shumiatcher, O.C., S.O.M., Q.C. and Dr. Jacqui Clay Shumiatcher, O.C., S.O.M. McIntyre Gallery (Regina) label verso.
Notes:
SKNAC bio: Laureen Marchand was born in 1949 in Kerrobert, Saskatchewan. She received her BFA from the University of Alberta (Edmonton) in 1971 and a Master of Fine Arts from University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon) in 1985. Marchand was a lecturer and instructor in art and printmaking at the Department of Extension (University of Saskatchewan), the Department of Art and Art History (U of S) and the Department of Eductions (U of S). More recently she has been an artist in residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Tyrone Guthrie Centre (Ireland) and the Ragdale Foundation in Illinois. From the early 1980s, Marchand exhibited her work throughout Saskatchewan and beyond, including at the Mackenzie Art Gallery (Regina), Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon), Dunlop Art Gallery (Regina), AKA Gallery (Saskatoon), The Art Gallery of Mount St. Vincent University (Halifax NS), Muttart Art Gallery (Calgary AB) and Holloway House (Galiano Island BC), Darrell Bell Gallery (Saskatoon) and Nouveau Gallery (Regina). In 2005 she was awarded the Centennial Leadership Award for Service to the Province of Saskatchewan. After many years living and working in Saskatoon, Laureen Marchard moved to Val Marie, Saskatchewan, near Grasslands National Park, where she continues to mentor and to create art.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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Jungle Viola by artist Laureen Marchand