Pool
5 3/8 x 13 1/2 x 9 3/4 in 13.7 x 34.3 x 24.8cm
sculpted in 1987
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "May 2019 Online auction" held on Sat, Jun 1, 2019.
Lot 338
Lot 338
Estimate: CAD $800 - $1,200
Realised: CAD $1,000
Realised: CAD $1,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Art45, Montreal
Collection of Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg, Montreal
Estate of Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg
Exhibitions:
Art45, Montreal, Martha Townsend, September 19 - October 13, 1987
Musée d'art de Joliette, Entre le silence et l'écoute, February 26 - May 21, 1995
Literature:
Melanie Reinblatt, "Martha Townsend: All About Eve," Montreal Mirror, October 15, 1987, page 19
Renée Baert, "Martha Townsend: September 19 - October 13, 1987, Art45," Canadian Art, spring 1988, page 95
Lorne Falk, "Martha Townsend's Ready-made Ecologies," C Magazine 17, spring 1988, pages 66 and 69
Yoland Racine, Éntre le silence et l'écoute, Musée d'art de Joliette, 1995, unpaginated
Jean-Pierre Le Grand, "Échos de l'Olympe," Vie des Arts 130, 1998, page 65
Notes:
Please note: the mercury used in this piece is free-flowing and is contained by the concave shape of the iron form.
Art45, Montreal
Collection of Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg, Montreal
Estate of Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg
Exhibitions:
Art45, Montreal, Martha Townsend, September 19 - October 13, 1987
Musée d'art de Joliette, Entre le silence et l'écoute, February 26 - May 21, 1995
Literature:
Melanie Reinblatt, "Martha Townsend: All About Eve," Montreal Mirror, October 15, 1987, page 19
Renée Baert, "Martha Townsend: September 19 - October 13, 1987, Art45," Canadian Art, spring 1988, page 95
Lorne Falk, "Martha Townsend's Ready-made Ecologies," C Magazine 17, spring 1988, pages 66 and 69
Yoland Racine, Éntre le silence et l'écoute, Musée d'art de Joliette, 1995, unpaginated
Jean-Pierre Le Grand, "Échos de l'Olympe," Vie des Arts 130, 1998, page 65
Notes:
Please note: the mercury used in this piece is free-flowing and is contained by the concave shape of the iron form.
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 Heffel auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.