LOT 030

OC
1965 -
Canadian

Si je t’aime prends garde à toi
acrylic on canvas, 2007
initialed “MCET” and dated MMVII
36 x 24 in, 91.4 x 61 cm

Estimate: $80,000 - $100,000 CAD

Preview at: Heffel Vancouver

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the Artist by the present Private Collection, Toronto

LITERATURE
David Liss and Shirley Madill, Kent Monkman: The Triumph of Mischief, Art Gallery of Hamilton and Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, 2008, reproduced page 92 and listed page 48
Kent Monkman, “Tonto Takes Charge—Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: A Portrait,” The Walrus, May 12, 2008, reproduced https://thewalrus.ca/2008-05-detail/
Sara Angel, “The Look of Love, the Art of Affection,”Art Canada Institute, February 2021, the related canvas Icon for a New Empire reproduced, https://www.aci-iac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Art-Canada-Institute-Newsletter_The-Look-of-Love-The-Art-of-Affection.pdf
Penny Stamps and Kent Monkman, “Kent Monkman: Causes of Modernity,” PBS, January 14, 2022, reproduced title card and discussed 20:40–21:05, https://www.pbs.org/video/kentmonkman-casualties-of-modernity-from-the-vault-zrzmr4/

EXHIBITED
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Kent Monkman: The Triumph of Mischief, June 7 – August 26, 2007, traveling in 2007 – 2010 to the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto; Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax; Glenbow Museum, Calgary; and Art Gallery of Greater Victoria


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Estimate: $80,000 - $100,000 CAD

All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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