Category: 20th century Canadian art

Seven Crows.

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Seven Crows — painting by Alex Colville. Seven Crows 1980. Acrylic polymer emulsion on hardboard 60 x 120 cm. Owens Art Gallery Mount Allison ...Acrylic polymer emulsion on hardboard

60 x 120 cm

© 1980 Alex Colville

Provenance:  Art Gallery Mount Allison University Sackville, New Brunswick

Gift of Mr. Ross B.

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Yesterday I did lunch with a friend from Montréal and we then went to the AGO – Art Gallery of Ontario to take in the recently opened Alex Colville show.  I paused and actually lost tears on seeing this masterpiece.  I have always liked his works and was not familiar with this piece.  This masterpiece manages to perfectly encapsulate the utter abandon one experiences when focussed in flying dreams.  For me the moment was truly rhapsodic.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Colville

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Pink Chair.

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Lithograph

3.5 x 4.0 Feet

Artist Proof : III

© 1990 George Hawken

Provenance: I/III Art collection Arvin da Brgha.  

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At the time, I was fast asleep and, of course, dreaming – after having riotously ploughed the artist late at night at his loft.  The piece was created from a photograph – Polaroid, if I am not mistaken.  Hard to believe that it was 24 years ago… phenomenal.

I especially love it because the artist exquisitely captures the expressiveness of both my feet and hands.  Too, I love that my lids are collapsed on those soulful eyes whose vision captures such astonishing vistas of imagination and intellect.

Hey… modesty is of negligible worth.

Indeed, from Otto van Veen, to Sir Peter Paul Rubens to George Hawken, I am fulfilled for having been a muse and passionate lover.

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Soul Floating In Cosmic Sea.

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Serigraph Edition: 134 © 1980 Norval Morrisseau Provenance: 38/134 Art Collection Arvin da Braga. http://www.mcmichael.com/exhibitions/morrisseau/about.cfm http://www.kinsmanrobinson.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=11&gclid=CPXWyY_j1rsCFa9aMgodDgYAxg http://artmatters.ca/wp/2007/12/norval-morrisseau-1932-2007/ http://www.ago.net/boy-with-fish http://angielittlefield.com/NorvalMorrisseau.html There are few Norvals in my collection but they are no less prized. What a spectacularly accomplished life creatively. _______________________________________________________________________________ © 2013-2025 Arvin da Brgha.  All Rights Reserved.