3000 B.C.
19.05 cms x 19.05 cms x 3.81 cms (7.5 ins x 7.5 ins x 7.5 ins)
Lot offered for sale by Saskatchewan NAC, Regina at the auction event "Saskatchewan, Canadian and International Art" held on Sat, Nov 20, 2021.
Lot 126
Lot 126
Estimate: CAD $70 - $100
Realised: CAD $88
Realised: CAD $88
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Designed For Medicine Hat Brick and Tile and Associated Companies By LindoeâÀ engraved verso. From the collection of Saskatchewan artist David Thauberger.
Notes:
Luke Lindoe was born on 8 March 1913 in Bashaw, Alberta. He worked as an underground coal miner while studying painting and then sculpture at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art, now the Alberta College of Art and Design (1935-40) in Calgary. He went to Toronto to study sculpture at the Ontario college of Art (OCA) and there became interested in ceramics. Lindoe was an instructor at the Alberta College of Art from 1947 to 1957, where he developed the ceramics department. He move to Medicine Hat in 1957 to enter the brick and tile industry, having joined the I-XL company as director of research and mining. In 1964 Lindoe left his job at I-XL Industries and launched Plainsman Clays, a company that would supply potter's clay to institutions. Over his career Lindoe gained a deep understanding of the properties of clay, with which he experimented all his life.
Designed For Medicine Hat Brick and Tile and Associated Companies By LindoeâÀ engraved verso. From the collection of Saskatchewan artist David Thauberger.
Notes:
Luke Lindoe was born on 8 March 1913 in Bashaw, Alberta. He worked as an underground coal miner while studying painting and then sculpture at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art, now the Alberta College of Art and Design (1935-40) in Calgary. He went to Toronto to study sculpture at the Ontario college of Art (OCA) and there became interested in ceramics. Lindoe was an instructor at the Alberta College of Art from 1947 to 1957, where he developed the ceramics department. He move to Medicine Hat in 1957 to enter the brick and tile industry, having joined the I-XL company as director of research and mining. In 1964 Lindoe left his job at I-XL Industries and launched Plainsman Clays, a company that would supply potter's clay to institutions. Over his career Lindoe gained a deep understanding of the properties of clay, with which he experimented all his life.
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 Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.