PRICE: $1,875

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Vancouver

LITERATURE
Kevin Griffin, Art Seen: Father O'Leary painting challenges equivalence of money and virtue, Vancouver Sun, March 7, 2017, reproduced, https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/local-arts/art-seen-father-oleary-painting-challenges-equivalence-of-money-and-virtue - accessed February 2, 2025

EXHIBITED
Amelia Douglas Gallery, Douglas College, fire/water - Laura Wee Lay Laq and Marcus Bowcott, March - April 2017

On the front of the frame is a smaller attached frame with text by 14th century Italian poet Nicolò de Rossi:

Money makes the man,
money makes the stupid pass for bright,
money buys the treasury of sins,
money shows;
money buys the pleasure giving women,
money keeps the soul in bliss,
money puts the plebe in high estate,
money brings your enemies down.
And every man seems down without it,
the world and fortune being ruled by it,
which even opens, if you want, the doors of paradise.
So wise he seems to me who piles up
what more than every other virtue
conquers gloom and leavens the whole spirit.

Please note, this work is in a custom frame which measures: 43 1/4 x 35 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches.

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