P11 RCA
1926 - 1998
Canadian
Goddess
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1957 and on verso titled and inscribed "Kootz Gallery, 1018 Madison Ave, NYC" and variously
24 x 30 in, 61 x 76.2 cm
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 CAD
Sold for: $40,250
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
Kootz Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Ontario
Canadian Post War Art (From 1945 to the 1970's), Heffel Fine Art Auction House, March 31, 2007, lot 42
Private Collection, Toronto
LITERATURE
Linda Jansma, William Ronald: The Central Image Paintings, The Robert McLuaghlin Gallery, Oshawa, 2010, reproduced plate 8 and listed page 45
EXHIBITED
The Robert McLuaghlin Gallery, Oshawa, William Ronald: The Central Image Paintings, November 20, 2010 - January 9, 2011
William Ronald work has a central place in the history of abstract painting in Canada, but he was also the instigating force of multiple important art-historical moments. While employed as a designer at Toronto’s Simpson’s department store in 1953, he persuaded the store’s management to present the then-daring abstract artworks by him and other like-minded artists among the store’s various displays in a project called “Abstracts at Home.” These like-minded artists would become the abstract expressionist group Painters 11, the very fist abstract painting collective in English Canada, of which he was a founding member. Then, branching out into the New York art scene a few years later, it was Ronald’s connection with profoundly influential art critic Clement Greenberg that would further impact Canadian painting, providing key inspiration and assistance for fellow Painters 11 artists like Jack Bush. Over his long, prolific career, Ronald often served as a catalyst for the movements that surrounded him, and in 1957’s Goddess, sold by New York’s abstract painting champion Samuel M. Kootz, we seem him in his dynamic, youthful prime.
This work is certified by the William Ronald Authentic Inventory # WRAI.1957.0022
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