Ocres, jaune et vert, 1974
203.2 cms x 254 cms (80 ins x 100 ins)
Signed, titled "Ochres [sic], jaune et vert" and dated "January 1974" on the reverse; unframed
made in 1974
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Select Masterworks of Canadian & International Art" held on Wed, May 28, 2025.
Lot 48745
Lot 48745
Estimate: CAD $40,000 - $50,000
Realised: CAD $120,000
Realised: CAD $120,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, Quebec City
Sotheby's, auction, Toronto, 23 November 2010, lot 113
Private Collection, Halifax
Notes:
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts where he first took a general course but later specialized in print-making (1954-60). Initially a painter he began exploring the possibilities of intaglio print-making. He acquired his own press in 1959 and by 1960 had stopped painting altogether. His work was exhibited at the Paris Biennial, the National Print Competition in Vancouver in 1961 where he won a prize: the Province of Quebec competition (first prize) and by 1963 held his first one man show at Galerie Agnes Left when Ruth Auersperg noted that his work was private rebellion against restrictions of conventional printmaking, a rebellion in which he was not alone. She also found the exhibition showed imagination in having some of the plates displayed along with the prints so that the viewer could see the use of relied and intaglio-engraving, embossing, and overlaying with acrylic paste. She explained how Gaucher had resolved his inking problem by grinding the pigments of his colours and then mixing them himself. By his use of laminated papers of various weights and colours he added a calculated element to his compositions.
Private Collection, Quebec City
Sotheby's, auction, Toronto, 23 November 2010, lot 113
Private Collection, Halifax
Notes:
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts where he first took a general course but later specialized in print-making (1954-60). Initially a painter he began exploring the possibilities of intaglio print-making. He acquired his own press in 1959 and by 1960 had stopped painting altogether. His work was exhibited at the Paris Biennial, the National Print Competition in Vancouver in 1961 where he won a prize: the Province of Quebec competition (first prize) and by 1963 held his first one man show at Galerie Agnes Left when Ruth Auersperg noted that his work was private rebellion against restrictions of conventional printmaking, a rebellion in which he was not alone. She also found the exhibition showed imagination in having some of the plates displayed along with the prints so that the viewer could see the use of relied and intaglio-engraving, embossing, and overlaying with acrylic paste. She explained how Gaucher had resolved his inking problem by grinding the pigments of his colours and then mixing them himself. By his use of laminated papers of various weights and colours he added a calculated element to his compositions.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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