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Lot 26: Yves Gaucher 1934 - 2000 Canadian oil on canvas

Est: $15,000 CAD - $20,000 CADSold:
HeffelVancouver, BC, CAMay 15, 2013

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Yves Gaucher 1934 - 2000 Canadian oil on canvas Danse carrée: Once Upon a Square 30 x 30 inches 76.2 x 76.2 centimeters on verso signed, titled and dated November - December 1964 - January 1965 Literature:Nathalie Garneau, Collection 1: Yves Gaucher, Les Danses carrées, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, 2005, page 1 Provenance:Martha Jackson Gallery, New York An Important Montreal Collection In 1964, Yves Gaucher set out to redefine his art with the support of his galleries. By temporarily abandoning printmaking in favour of painting, he developed a new visual language focused on hard edge line, bold colour and playful shapes. Gaucher's inspiration for the Danse carrée series was derived from the movements of dancers in formation. This motif is essential to understanding the work Danse carrée: Once Upon a Square. Nathalie Garneau comments, "On this he arranged the elements that would henceforth characterize his formal vocabulary: lines and marks of varying lengths and thicknesses, as well as diamond shapes." In 1965, Gaucher's visionary Danse carrée paintings convinced dealer Martha Jackson of New York to feature two of them in the group show Vibrations 11. Jackson was impressed and gave the artist a solo show the subsequent year. It was an incredible accomplishment for the young Canadian artist, who was now poised to burst onto the world stage. Shortly after, Gaucher was selected to represent Canada at the XXXIII Venice Biennale, together with Sorel Etrog and Alex Colville.

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Spring Auction of Fine Canadian Art

by
Heffel
May 15, 2013, 10:00 PM PST

Heffel Gallery Limited 2247 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3G1, CA