oil and synthetic resin
68.5 x 91.4 cm
© 1963 Alex Colville
Provenance: Collection of Donnelley Erdman, Aspen Colorado
This marvellous super Moon night, I thought it appropriate to again share Alex Colville’s sublime genius.
http://www.ago.net/alex-colville
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Colville
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Oil on Canvas 78 x 58 Inches © 1988 Francis Bacon Provenance: Tate Britain This afternoon I spent two glorious hours at the AGO with my lovely sister, Pandora. She was in town from Ottawa on legal business; she is a federal lawyer having previously worked in the Prime Minister’s Office, followed by a decade […]
Lithograph 57 x 76.3 cm Edition: 100 © 2004 Kenojuak Ashevak Provenance: 62/100 Art collection Arvin da Brgha. 50th birthday gift from art dealer friend! A true treasure. _______________________________________________________________________________ © 2013-2025 Arvin da Brgha. All Rights Reserved.
Serigraph 22 x 27.5 Inches Edition: 50 © 2011 Kenojuak Ashevak Provenance: 39/50 Art collection of Arvin da Brgha Without doubt, it is always good to have a piece in one’s collection that differs from the norm for which that artist is known. ___________________________________________________________________________ © 2013-2025 Arvin da Brgha. All Rights Reserved.
Serigraph 24 x 30 Inches Edition: 91 © 2009 Robert Davidson Provenance: 5/91 Art collection Arvin da Brgha. Though I can’t abide oysters – any shellfish – I positively love the nautical signatures of this Haida masterpiece. _________________________________________________________________________ © 2013-2025 Arvin da Brgha. All Rights Reserved.
Etching, Aquatint 31.5 x 41 Inches Edition: 50 © 2009 Kenojuak Ashevak Provenance: 31/50 Art collection Arvin da Brgha. And it’s all mine! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenojuak_Ashevak http://www.ago.net/kenojuak-ashevak-in-memoriam https://www.nfb.ca/film/eskimo-artist-kenojuak ________________________________ © 2013-2025 Arvin da Brgha. All Rights Reserved.
Lithograph 23 x 17.5 Inches Edition: 200 © 1982 Bill Reid Provenance: 157/200 Art collection Arvin da Braga. http://www.billreidfoundation.org/ http://www.billreidgallery.ca/ One of the more prized pieces in my collection – it was humbling to have met both him and Kenojuak Ashevak. ___________________________________________________________________ © 2013-2025 Arvin da Brgha. All Rights Reserved.
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.
You are the most beauteous lotus who sprung from the swamp that is the racial predator. Sweet and blissful dreams are yours… I love you more. __________________________ Photo: © 1994 Nelson Mandela. ___________________________________________________________________ © 2013-2025 Arvin da Brgha. All Rights Reserved.
Dreams are the poetic expression of the soul. 