Cesar
208.3 cms x 111.8 cms (82 ins x 44 ins)
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "Contemporary Art Auction" held on Mon, Apr 11, 2016.
Lot 24
Lot 24
Estimate: CAD $4,000 - $6,000
Realised: CAD $3,300
Realised: CAD $3,300
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Gallery Moos Ltd., Toronto
Literature:
Time Nowlin, Robert Scott and the Big Picture, [online] http://www.sharecom.ca/scott/.
Roald Nasgaard, Abstract Painting in Canada (Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre Ltd, Halifax: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2007): 305.
Notes:
Robert Scott is a modernist Saskatchewan artist who has been experimenting with the formal qualities of paint since the early 1970s. He achieves a unique mode of expression by digging through the thick layer of pigment with his fingers, arms and elbows. Scott’s dramatic and imposing “walls of paint” exude powerful, all-over gesture and tortuous rhythms. The sense of controlled chaos and the tension present in Scott’s abstractions are characteristic of the action paintings from the mid-20th century. In Gypse Run (1986) and Cesar (1986-87), the painter produces colour field compositions that amalgamate bold textures and strong chromatic contrast.
Robert Scott currently lives and works in Edmonton, Alberta. Over the last 40 years, he has participated in several solo and group shows in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto, New York and Los Angeles. Many international institutions collect his artwork such as the Catalunya Institute of Contemporary Art, Canada Council Art Bank, Glenbow Art Gallery, Triangle Artists Workshop in New York and NSU Art Museum in Fort Lauderdale.
Gallery Moos Ltd., Toronto
Literature:
Time Nowlin, Robert Scott and the Big Picture, [online] http://www.sharecom.ca/scott/.
Roald Nasgaard, Abstract Painting in Canada (Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre Ltd, Halifax: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2007): 305.
Notes:
Robert Scott is a modernist Saskatchewan artist who has been experimenting with the formal qualities of paint since the early 1970s. He achieves a unique mode of expression by digging through the thick layer of pigment with his fingers, arms and elbows. Scott’s dramatic and imposing “walls of paint” exude powerful, all-over gesture and tortuous rhythms. The sense of controlled chaos and the tension present in Scott’s abstractions are characteristic of the action paintings from the mid-20th century. In Gypse Run (1986) and Cesar (1986-87), the painter produces colour field compositions that amalgamate bold textures and strong chromatic contrast.
Robert Scott currently lives and works in Edmonton, Alberta. Over the last 40 years, he has participated in several solo and group shows in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto, New York and Los Angeles. Many international institutions collect his artwork such as the Catalunya Institute of Contemporary Art, Canada Council Art Bank, Glenbow Art Gallery, Triangle Artists Workshop in New York and NSU Art Museum in Fort Lauderdale.
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 Waddington's auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Waddington's auction house for permission to use.