Sold for: $40,950

PROVENANCE
Collection of Ledingham Design, Vancouver

LITERATURE
Anthony Emery, Jack Shadbolt, Vancouver Art Gallery, 1969, listed
Scott Watson, Jack Shadbolt, 1990, page 78

EXHIBITED
Vancouver Art Gallery, Jack Shadbolt Retrospective 1939 - 1969, October 15 - November 2, 1969, traveling in 1969 - 1970 to the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Memorial University of St. John's, Newfoundland, Confederation Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Edmonton Art Gallery, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, catalogue #53

White Field relates to Jack Shadbolt’s hedonistic explorations in the realm of colour while on Mediterranean trips in 1956 and 1960. Scott Watson writes, “In his vivid descriptions of Mediterranean colour, he made the names of colour stimulate all the senses, not just the optical.” White Field glows with luminous lemon, warm ochre and sultry hot orange, giving the impression of summer heat. In the early 1960s, Shadbolt’s creative process involved a dynamic struggle between the intuitive openness of spontaneous gesture and his need to create structure in his compositions by the control of his will. In this beautiful painting, Shadbolt thickly layers his paint with gestural brush-strokes, creating a free and floating space for his predominantly white forms in the lower part of the canvas. By his title, Shadbolt indicated these white forms are a focal point, drawing our eye to their visual complexity and cool, incandescent light.

This work is from the collection of Ledingham Design. Robert Ledingham (1942 - 2013), was a renowned Vancouver interior designer, known for his impeccable taste and his advocacy for the inclusion of art in his design work.

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