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John Meredith 1933 - 2000
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 CAD
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Description
- John Meredith
- Reclining Figure in Front of Art Deco Window I; Sketch for Reclining Figure in Front of Art Deco Window I
- two works, the first signed and dated '86 on the reverse; the second signed and dated '84 lower left
- oil on canvas; mixed media on paper
- 153.3 by 197.5 cm.; 35 by 43 cm.
- 60 1/4 by 77 3/4 in.; 13 1/2 by 16 3/4 in.
Provenance
Isaacs Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
Exhibited
John Meredith, Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, February 13 - March 6, 1987
Literature
Liz Wylie, "John Meredith at the Isaacs Gallery," Vanguard, vol. 16, no. 2, April/May 1986.
Donnalu Wigmore, Isaacs Seen, Toronto, 2005, p. 136, for a similar work reproduced.
Donnalu Wigmore, Isaacs Seen, Toronto, 2005, p. 136, for a similar work reproduced.
Catalogue Note
In her review of the exhibition in which this work first appears, Liz Wylie writes that the nude woman in this series of paintings "is not personified in any way, but seems to serve exclusively as a vehicle for painting. Most of the concentration in each canvas is on the figure, and the obliterating and obscuring of anatomy by line and colour recalls De Kooning. But the works are instantly recognizable as Meredith's; his distinctive palette and the black 'ciliated' lines (Marie Fleming's term) are still present ... Meredith's distinctive use of colour is still successful."