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1920 - 2013
Canadian
A Book of Hours - Labours of the Months (including Hotel Maid)
a ) Hotel Maid
colour serigraph on paper
signed, titled, editioned 11/75, and dated 1978
9 3/8 x 7 3/4 in, 23.8 x 19.6 cm
b ) January
colour lithograph
7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in, 20 x 20 cm
c ) February
7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in, 20 x 20 cm
d ) March
7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in, 20 x 20 cm
e ) April
7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in, 20 x 20 cm
f ) May
7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in, 20 x 20 cm
g ) June
7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in, 20 x 20 cm
h ) July
7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in, 20 x 20 cm
i ) August
7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in, 20 x 20 cm
j ) September
7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in, 20 x 20 cm
k ) October
7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in, 20 x 20 cm
l ) November
7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in, 20 x 20 cm
m ) December
7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in, 20 x 20 cm
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 CAD
Sold for: $8,260
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
LITERATURE
David Burnett, Colville, The Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983, reproduced pages 8 and 9 and listed on page 252, catalogue raisonné #140 and #141
David Burnett, Alex Colville: Prints, 1985, reproduced pages 18 and 19 and listed page 2
In 1974, Alex Colville produced a series of twelve paintings relating to the twelve months of the year. Developed from the paintings, this album was later published in a limited edition of 75 and consisted of twelve lithographs, a preface signed and editioned by the artist and a serigraph made by the artist especially for this portfolio entitled Hotel Maid. Outside of the edition, there were 25 artist proofs (indicated by roman numerals) which were reserved for the owners of the original paintings, the publishers and the artist. Published by Fischer Fine Art Limited, London and Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, this portfolio is editioned 11/75.
An edition of Book of Hours - Labours of the Months is included in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.
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