Lot 41: Betty Roodish Goodwin 1923 - 2008 Canadian etching

Betty Roodish Goodwin 1923 - 2008 Canadian etching Shoes for a Long-Distance Runner "14 1/2 x 17 3/8 inches 36.8 x 44.1 centimeters signed and dated 1970 Literature:Josée Bélisle, Betty Goodwin: The Memory of the Body and the Power of Darkness, Musée d'art contemporain, 2009, page 29 Provenance:Gérard Gorce beaux-arts inc., Montreal Private Collection, Toronto In the late 1960s, Betty Goodwin received serious critical attention for her printmaking. Having experimented on a small etching press she acquired in 1954, her blossoming in that medium was assisted by Gunter Nolte and Yves Gaucher. This fine example of Goodwin's etching technique is supported by the fluid yet intimate drawing skills that ".....most effectively enabled Betty Goodwin to extract from the tragic turbulence of existence the fragments of meaning she consented to share with us." "