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61 cms x 81.3 cms (24 ins x 32 ins)
Signed lower left
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)" held on Wed, Dec 6, 2023.
Lot 44118
Lot 44118
Estimate: CAD $50,000 - $60,000
Realised: CAD $48,000
Realised: CAD $48,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Galerie Valentin, Montreal
Private Collection, Toronto
Exhibitions:
"Philip Surrey Retrospective Exhibition", Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal, 18 September -20 October 2004, no. 8
"Surrey, Little, Tanobe: Les Rues de Montréal", Galerie Valentin, Montreal, 26 April-10 May 2014
Notes:
"Each individual is alone, cut off. Each wonders how others cope with life. A work of art is a particularly complex statement, valuable because packed with meaning... Like icebergs, four-fifths of our personalities lie below the surface; of the fifth that shows, only part can be expressed in conversation. The only effective outlet for all deeper feelings and thoughts is art." (Philip Surrey, c. 1949)
Galerie Valentin, Montreal
Private Collection, Toronto
Exhibitions:
"Philip Surrey Retrospective Exhibition", Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal, 18 September -20 October 2004, no. 8
"Surrey, Little, Tanobe: Les Rues de Montréal", Galerie Valentin, Montreal, 26 April-10 May 2014
Notes:
"Each individual is alone, cut off. Each wonders how others cope with life. A work of art is a particularly complex statement, valuable because packed with meaning... Like icebergs, four-fifths of our personalities lie below the surface; of the fifth that shows, only part can be expressed in conversation. The only effective outlet for all deeper feelings and thoughts is art." (Philip Surrey, c. 1949)
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.