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Provenance:

Collection of the Rynsburger-Rathwell Family
Private Collection

Literature:

Joan Murray, Painters Eleven in Retrospect, exhibition catalogue, the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, 1979, page 11.
Iris Nowell, Painters Eleven, The Wild Ones of Canadian Art, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver/Toronto, 2010, page 276, cover for a detail of this work and page 288, reproduced in colour.

Note:

Major paintings by Walter Yarwood comparable in quality to this lot are rare. Yarwood was a self-taught painter working in advertising during the week and painting on weekends. In 1960, he quit painting and turned his artistic talents to sculpture. His demanding job, the responsibilities of supporting a family with five children and his concentration on sculpture in the sixties resulted in a relatively small painting output. Joan Murray, in the Robert McLaughlin Gallery catalogue, Painters Eleven in Retrospect, states, “regarding the matter of colour, all the group were involved with analyzing and using colour, though perhaps Cahen and later Yarwood were most successful as colourists.” Yarwood’s talent as a colourist complemented his philosophy on art. Norwell wrote, “In Yarwood’s words, he ‘liked to produce works of beauty out of things I’ve seen and felt in my lifetime,’ rather than having his art convey social comment.”