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5th session

June 01 - June 29, 2023

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This session is closed for bidding.
Current bid: $5,500 CAD
Bidding History
Paddle # Date Amount

9582 29-Jun-2023 05:01:13 PM $5,500 AutoBid

27315 29-Jun-2023 05:01:13 PM $5,000

9582 29-Jun-2023 04:46:28 PM $4,750 AutoBid

27315 29-Jun-2023 04:42:47 PM $4,500

9582 29-Jun-2023 04:40:15 PM $4,250 AutoBid

27315 29-Jun-2023 04:40:15 PM $4,000

9582 29-Jun-2023 04:12:17 PM $3,750 AutoBid

27315 29-Jun-2023 04:12:17 PM $3,500

9582 29-Jun-2023 04:05:37 PM $3,250 AutoBid

27315 29-Jun-2023 04:05:37 PM $3,000

9582 29-Jun-2023 12:07:16 PM $2,750 AutoBid

918496 24-Jun-2023 10:29:33 PM $2,500

9582 07-Jun-2023 07:07:57 PM $2,250

27567 06-Jun-2023 11:19:21 AM $2,000

The bidding history list updated on: Friday, March 29, 2024 01:40:38

LOT 407

ALC OC RCA
1887 - 1986
Canadian

Pauline Fediow
oil on board
signed and on verso titled and dated 1958
20 x 24 in, 50.8 x 61 cm

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 CAD

Sold for: $6,875

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PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the Artist by Private Collection, Toronto
By descent to the present Private Collection, Toronto


A notable proportion of the work of artist and scholar Barker Fairley are portraits, and their stark, modernist tone provide an important counterpoint to his distinctively minimal stylized landscapes. The subject of this striking portrait is multi-disciplinary artist Pauline Fediow (1908-1980). Inspired as a child by the drawings of William Blake, she studied art and design at the Ontario College of Art, winning the Governor General’s medal in 1932. She went on to study sculpture with German-Canadian sculptor and coin designer Emanuel Otto Hahn (1881-1957), producing sculptures of other artists and performers of her time, including Fairley himself. Fairley did the same, capturing the likeness of fellow artists such as sculptor Almuth Lütkenhaus (1930-1996) and textile artist Ellen Adams (1941-2001), providing an intimate and invaluable record of the artistic milieu of this era.

The provenance of this work has been intimate, as well: it was acquired directly from the artist by a personal friend and mentee of Fairley, and has remained within the same family’s collection since.


All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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