The East Room, 1965
76.2 cms x 91.4 cms (30 ins x 36 ins)
Signed And Titled On The Reverse
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "The Art of Canada Auction (Canadian Art)" held on Mon, May 30, 2016.
Lot 161
Lot 161
Estimate: CAD $5,000 - $7,000
Realised: CAD $15,600
Realised: CAD $15,600
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal
Biferali Fine Art, Montreal
Private Collection, Montreal
Exhibitions:
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, cat. #4.
Literature:
Paul Duval, High Realism in Canada, Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, Toronto / Vancouver, 1974, page 91.
Tom Smart, Tom Forrestall: Paintings, Drawings and Writings, Key Porter Books Limited, Toronto, 2004.
Notes:
Tom Forrestall is a leading figure of High, or Magic, Realism in Canada. This genre became closely associated with Mount Alison through Forrestall, Alexander Colville and Christopher Pratt.
Paul Duval notes the medium of egg tempera is well suited to the “detailed and deliberate sort of realist paintings (Forrestall) was ambitious to produce.” Duval continues: “Like other realists, Forrestall has had to fight against a tide of abstract and pop art which was particularly strong during the 1960s.”
That Forrestall was the subject of a major retrospective and monograph in 2004, attests to the merit of that struggle.
Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal
Biferali Fine Art, Montreal
Private Collection, Montreal
Exhibitions:
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, cat. #4.
Literature:
Paul Duval, High Realism in Canada, Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, Toronto / Vancouver, 1974, page 91.
Tom Smart, Tom Forrestall: Paintings, Drawings and Writings, Key Porter Books Limited, Toronto, 2004.
Notes:
Tom Forrestall is a leading figure of High, or Magic, Realism in Canada. This genre became closely associated with Mount Alison through Forrestall, Alexander Colville and Christopher Pratt.
Paul Duval notes the medium of egg tempera is well suited to the “detailed and deliberate sort of realist paintings (Forrestall) was ambitious to produce.” Duval continues: “Like other realists, Forrestall has had to fight against a tide of abstract and pop art which was particularly strong during the 1960s.”
That Forrestall was the subject of a major retrospective and monograph in 2004, attests to the merit of that struggle.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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