Objects
71.09 cms x 91.4 cms (28 ins x 36 ins)
Signed and dated 1952 and on verso signed, titled and inscribed "9 hill heights court, toronto / $100"
made in 1952
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Spring 2011 Live auction" held on Tue, May 17, 2011.
Lot 006
Lot 006
Estimate: CAD $20,000 - $30,000
Realised: CAD $64,350
Realised: CAD $64,350
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, Ontario
Notes:
Objects was acquired directly from the artist - perhaps as an exchange or as a gift - by a gentleman who credited Mead with helping him get his first job in the advertising industry. It has remained in the possession of that man's family ever since. At first glance, one may associate this 1952 painting with a Cubist aesthetic, but Mead was clearly still in the thrall of his Slade School instructor, Patrick Heron, and the other young moderns who formed the nexus of Cornwall's St. Ives School. Here we do not have multiple views but one pared-down view of still life objects: perhaps a ripe melon, a shiny apple and a yellow jug on a dark table, standing on a green carpet. The rich yet controlled colour range, the flattened format and strong curved shapes are more reminiscent of British artists Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth than of Pablo Picasso or Georges Braque.
Private Collection, Ontario
Notes:
Objects was acquired directly from the artist - perhaps as an exchange or as a gift - by a gentleman who credited Mead with helping him get his first job in the advertising industry. It has remained in the possession of that man's family ever since. At first glance, one may associate this 1952 painting with a Cubist aesthetic, but Mead was clearly still in the thrall of his Slade School instructor, Patrick Heron, and the other young moderns who formed the nexus of Cornwall's St. Ives School. Here we do not have multiple views but one pared-down view of still life objects: perhaps a ripe melon, a shiny apple and a yellow jug on a dark table, standing on a green carpet. The rich yet controlled colour range, the flattened format and strong curved shapes are more reminiscent of British artists Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth than of Pablo Picasso or Georges Braque.
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.