Lot 42
WILLIAM KURELEK, R.C.A.
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Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto
Literature:
Ramsay Cook and Avrom Issacs, Kurelek Country: The Art of William Kurelek, Key Porter Books Limited, Toronto, page 11.
Note:
“Kurelek’s vision of childhood is powerful and alive…” Cloaked in the shadows of a plank-board building, a young boy sits in secrecy. He has opted out of his daily chores and has stolen away with his father’s pipe. The embers of the pipe glow a hot red – a colour which is mirrored in the distant barn. The building seems to stand watch – the constancy of farm operations and the authority of his father ever present, waiting for the boy’s return. Forgetting for a brief moment the fear of reprimand, the boy defies authority and basks in the daring delight.