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Jean Albert McEwen 1923 - 1999
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 CAD
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Description
- Jean Albert McEwen
- Three Stripes
- signed and dated '65 lower right; signed, indistinctly titled, dated and inscribed Mais que pour marcher droit Tu chausses, Muse, un cothurne étroit, Gauthier on the reverse
- acrylic oil on canvas
- 132 by 117 cm.
- 52 by 46 in.
Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto
Literature
Constance Naubert-Riser, Jean McEwen: Colour in Depth, Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, 1987, p. 47.
Catalogue Note
Three Stripes from 1965 represents a unique and experimental moment in McEwen's oeuvre, a progressive period during which he challenged himself creatively by integrating acrylic paint into his practice, an experiment that worked to very successful effect.
As Constance Norbert-Riser notes, the inherently matte acrylic paint used through the centre of the composition "introduces a tension-producing variable that increases the vibration of the surface and accentuates the iridescent effects" of the contrasting, layered side stripes.
The inscription on the reverse is from a poem by Théophile Gauthier (1811-1872) entitled "L'Art" from Emaux et Camées (1852).