Sold for: $35,400

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Private Collection, Toronto
Private Collection, Vancouver

William Ronald was a member of the Toronto-based abstractionist group Painters Eleven, formed in 1953. Two years later, his major canvas In Dawn the Heart was purchased by the Art Gallery of Ontario, and subsequently won first prize in the Canadian section of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s award for international art. Also in 1955, Ronald moved to New York. In 1957 he broke with the Painters Eleven and had his first exhibition at the legendary Kootz Gallery in New York, a gallery which represented renowned artists such as Hans Hofmann, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko and Helen Frankenthaler. Ronald’s New York paintings are typically characterized by a strong central image, such as the record-setting painting Drumbeat, sold by Heffel in 2008. However, Ronald painted watercolours throughout his career that share the same lyrical freedom of expression we see in this fine painting. Considering this, and the popularity of action painting in New York at the time, Broadway, NY can be seen as a rare experimental work from his most inspired period.

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