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JACK BUSH | Go Light
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description
- Jack Bush
- Go Light
- signed, titled and dated Toronto Nov-1967 on the reverse
- acrylic on canvas
- 49 3/8 by 58 in. 125.4 by 147.3 cm.
Provenance
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto
Lewis Cabot Collection, Boston (acquired from the above in 1969)
André Emmerich Gallery, Inc., New York
Noah Goldowsky Gallery, New York
Robert Elkon Gallery, New York
Waddington & Gorce Inc., Toronto
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Lewis Cabot Collection, Boston (acquired from the above in 1969)
André Emmerich Gallery, Inc., New York
Noah Goldowsky Gallery, New York
Robert Elkon Gallery, New York
Waddington & Gorce Inc., Toronto
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Robert Elkon Gallery, Summer Group Show, 1974
Toronto, Waddington & Gorce Inc., Jack Bush 1909-77, 1985, cat. no. 4, n.p., illustrated
Toronto, Waddington & Gorce Inc., Jack Bush 1909-77, 1985, cat. no. 4, n.p., illustrated
Literature
Karen Thomson, Ed., The Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg Collection, Montreal 2015, cat. no. 16, pp. 24-25, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. The canvas is unlined. Under close inspection, there is a 1/16 inch loss visible, 6 inches from the bottom left corner along the left edge. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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.
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
“In 1967, Bush allowed the striped areas to take over entirely and produced a series of pictures based on banded configurations in which the color areas were made severely rectangular and related to the edges of the canvas by being made to run either parallel or diagonal to those edges [...] The tautness of these compositions is enhanced by a careful unmodulated paint application and by the use of color of unaccustomed intensity [...] In general, the large striped pictures of 1967 represent for Bush a synthetic peak and the accomplishment that finally released him from the claims of keeping up with major art elsewhere in the world." Charles W. Millard in: "Jack Bush," The Hudson Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 1971, pp. 147-48