Alexander Colville
1920 - 2013, Canadien
Target Shooting
sienne et encre grise sur papier, 1989
11 1/4 x 8 3/8 in, 28.6 x 21.3 cm
ESTIMATION: 4 000 $ - 4 500 $
VENDU POUR : 3 850 $ CAD (Prime d’achat incluse)
DATE DE LA VENTE : jeudi, 27 mai 1999
Vente de Heffel Fine Art Auction House, jeudi, 27 mai 1999, Lot n°100
signed and dated
Literature:
Philip Fry, Alex Colville, Paintings, Prints and Processes, 1983 - 1944, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, reproduced, page 124, 10.01
Exhibited:
Alex Colville 1994-5 The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
Alex Colville remarks about this image, page 58: "In this imagined scene at an actual gun club, a young man is firing a target pistol. His father is 'calling the shots' - a kind of mentor. They are actual portraits of next-door neighbors."
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