Jasper Avenue West III
55.9 cms x 71.09 cms (22 ins x 28 ins)
On verso signed, titled and dated 1963
made in 1963
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "November 2019 Online auction" held on Thu, Nov 28, 2019.
Lot 328
Lot 328
Estimate: CAD $1,000 - $2,000
Realised: CAD $625
Realised: CAD $625
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
Exhibitions:
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, William Townsend: Painting Alberta, Details of Canada, March 10 - July 1, 2018
Notes:
From the early 1950s, William Townsend spent most summers in Canada, teaching at the Banff School, eventually advising on, and contributing to, its development into the internationally significant Banff Centre of today. As an artist his encounter with Canada was transformative. He relished the struggle to understand the mountains around Banff, to reconcile the drama of their shifting appearances with the solidity of their forms. While Artist in Residence at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, 1963-4, the equivalent challenge was to understand the distortions and tricks of light, colour and distance on the developing cityscape. The largest of his Edmonton series, Southeast from 110th Street VI, is in the collection of the Canadian Embassy in Washington.
Estate of the Artist
Exhibitions:
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, William Townsend: Painting Alberta, Details of Canada, March 10 - July 1, 2018
Notes:
From the early 1950s, William Townsend spent most summers in Canada, teaching at the Banff School, eventually advising on, and contributing to, its development into the internationally significant Banff Centre of today. As an artist his encounter with Canada was transformative. He relished the struggle to understand the mountains around Banff, to reconcile the drama of their shifting appearances with the solidity of their forms. While Artist in Residence at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, 1963-4, the equivalent challenge was to understand the distortions and tricks of light, colour and distance on the developing cityscape. The largest of his Edmonton series, Southeast from 110th Street VI, is in the collection of the Canadian Embassy in Washington.
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.