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Dennis Eugene Norman Burton b.1933
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 CAD
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Description
- Dennis Eugene Norman Burton
- Abstract Composition
- signed and dated middle right burton '59; signed, titled and dated by the artist on the reverse
- oil on masonite
- 121.9 by 91.4 cm.
- 48 by 36 in.
Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto
Literature
Joan Murray, Dennis Burton Retrospective, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, 1977, p. 18
Condition
This work is in excellent condition. Under UV: red paint in the upper left fluoresces orange, likely due to cadmium content, and there is a drip that fluoreseces in the lower right, likely varnish. There is a small area of inpainting evident in the upper right corner.
The work has been recently cleaned.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Burton was one of Jock Macdonald's pupils who, along wtih Graham Coughtry, Richard Gorman and Paul Fournier, among others, became a respected artist.
In 1959, the year this work was painted, Burton met the American artist Ben Shahn in New York who said to him, "leave commercial art and paint, paint, paint!" This had a lasting effect on Burton who left his job with the C.B.C. to become a full-time artist. This never before exhibited oil is from that heady time in his life.