Model Living Room (Occupied Territory series)
46 cms x 57 cms (18 ins x 22.44 ins)
Signed and numbered 17/20 on verso
Lot offered for sale by BYDealers, Montréal at the auction event "Canadian Art Sale" held on Thu, May 31, 2018.
Lot 67
Lot 67
Estimate: CAD $8,000 - $10,000
Realised: CAD $5,400
Realised: CAD $5,400
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private collection, Montréal
Literature:
SALVESEN, Britt et Lynne COHEN. Lynne Cohen:
Occupied Territory, Aperture, 1987, 144 p.
Notes:
American-Canadian photographer Lynne Cohen is known for her rigorously composed images of empty interiors that are imbued with a sense of intrigue, unease, and occasionally humour. Cohen graduated with an MFA from Eastern Michigan University, and her early work in sculpture and printmaking was heavily influenced by Pop art. In the early 1970s, she turned to photography, favouring the use of a large-format camera, which gave her complete control of the image and produced incredibly sharp detail. In 1973, she settled in Ottawa and was soon noticed by the National Film Board of Canada, which supported her throughout her career. Her catalogue titled Occupied Territory (Aperture, 1987; reprinted in 2012) brings together black-and-white photographs of familiar functional spaces (restaurants, offices, beauty salons, reception halls) created during the first half of her career. The cover image features Model Living Room (c. 1976), which is also part of the prestigious Tate Modern collection in London, England. Cohen taught in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa from 1974 to 2005, the year she won the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. She died in 2014.
Private collection, Montréal
Literature:
SALVESEN, Britt et Lynne COHEN. Lynne Cohen:
Occupied Territory, Aperture, 1987, 144 p.
Notes:
American-Canadian photographer Lynne Cohen is known for her rigorously composed images of empty interiors that are imbued with a sense of intrigue, unease, and occasionally humour. Cohen graduated with an MFA from Eastern Michigan University, and her early work in sculpture and printmaking was heavily influenced by Pop art. In the early 1970s, she turned to photography, favouring the use of a large-format camera, which gave her complete control of the image and produced incredibly sharp detail. In 1973, she settled in Ottawa and was soon noticed by the National Film Board of Canada, which supported her throughout her career. Her catalogue titled Occupied Territory (Aperture, 1987; reprinted in 2012) brings together black-and-white photographs of familiar functional spaces (restaurants, offices, beauty salons, reception halls) created during the first half of her career. The cover image features Model Living Room (c. 1976), which is also part of the prestigious Tate Modern collection in London, England. Cohen taught in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa from 1974 to 2005, the year she won the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. She died in 2014.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with BYDealers auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with BYDealers auction house for permission to use.