Vendu pour : 18 720 $

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Vancouver

BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Scott Watson, Jack Shadbolt, 1990, page 78

In 1960 Jack Shadbolt went to Europe for a second year-long trip, traveling to the Côte d’Azur and Greece. Once again Shadbolt plunged into a hedonistic exploration of colour, exemplified by the chromatic intensity of Threnody for Deep Summer, aflame with warm colours. Threnody means a song or poem of lamentation - one can imagine how Shadbolt might mourn for the passing of the radiant summers of the Côte d’Azur or Greece. The southern heat and light and relaxed lifestyle was an incredible personal and artistic release for Shadbolt. On his first trip to France, he exclaimed, “To be given this is the gift of life...I am beginning to feel now the rediscovery of my human self - tastes, smells, touch, texture, sun...following instinct rather than plan” - a liberating experience for this intellectual West Coast modernist. Expressionist strokes of multi-coloured paint swirl over the dark central form anchored in a field of glowing orange, pink and red, creating a rich and sensuous atmosphere. Threnody for Deep Summer is the essence of the deep summer day that Shadbolt poignantly longs for.

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