Please note our offices will be closed from Friday March 29 through Monday April 1 for Easter. Local pick-ups will start on Tuesday April 2.
      
      
      
      

LOT 011

OC RCA
1918 - 2013
Canadian

Zephrus #2
oil on canvas
signed and on verso signed, titled and dated 1967
52 3/4 x 69 3/4 in, 134 x 177.2 cm

Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000 CAD

Sold for: $157,250

Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave

PROVENANCE
Family of the Artist

LITERATURE
John Climer, Eleven Saskatchewan Artists, Mendel Art Gallery, 1967, unpaginated


Zephrus #2, after Zephyrus, god of the west wind and herald of spring in Greek mythology, is an apt title for this wonderful canvas by William Perehudoff. It contains in its composition and colour combinations a joyful freshness, and a lightness of touch that still retains an inherent strength. The playfully asymmetric forms might suggest a windmill, or even a child’s pinwheel, but aside from any potential interpretations, what remains unavoidable is the artist’s inquisitive, keen and buoyant belief in what he called “the optimism of colour.”

Perehudoff was part of an emerging generation of abstractionists in the 1950s and 1960s, and he was influenced, as was his peer and contemporary Jack Bush, by New York critic Clement Greenberg. Perehudoff’s canvases from the 1960s are some of his rarest and most sought after; they capture the artist’s first, exhilarating engagement with the ideas and approaches that would guide the rest of his career.


Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000 CAD

All prices are in Canadian Dollars


Although great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information posted, errors and omissions may occur. All bids are subject to our Terms and Conditions of Business. Bidders must ensure they have satisfied themselves with the condition of the Lot prior to bidding. Condition reports are available upon request.