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William Paterson Ewen 1925 - 2002
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 CAD
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Description
- William Paterson Ewen
- Linear Figure on Patterned Ground
c. 1965
titled on the stretcher and on a gallery label on the reverse
- oil on canvas
- 61.6 by 45.7 cm.
- 24 ¼ by 18 in.
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. Jacques Ferron, Montreal
Galerie du Siècle, Montreal
Private Collection, Quebec City
Literature
Matthew Teitelbaum, editor, Paterson Ewen, Toronto/Vancouver, 1996, pp. 20, 22, 59 and 60
Catalogue Note
In 1965, following the separation from his wife, Ewen lived for a time in Guido Molinari's studio in Montreal. They developed a close relationship and Ewen credits Molinari with teaching him how to paint a rigid line. Molinari's influence is apparent in this canvas of c. 1965, where Ewen divides the suface of the canvas in two with a single line. The surrounding space consists of various geometric shapes painted white on white, creating an illusion of a figure-ground relationship.