Jean Albert McEwen 1923 - 1999

估價

15,000 - 20,000 CAD

招標截止

描述

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.

來源

Private Collection, Toronto

出版

Constance Naubert-Riser, Jean McEwen: Colour in Depth, Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, 1987, p. 47.

拍品資料及來源

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).