Lot 52
THOMAS SHERLOCK HODGSON R.C.A.
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Provenance:
The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto ON;
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
Note:
The same year this canvas was painted, critic Robert Fulford wrote in Canadian Art magazine that “a Hodgson canvas seems to storm over us, filling our eyes with its swarm of apparently unrelated images. It is not until long after our first glimpse of the work that its organization and structure become apparent. At first it appears to be a jumble of squiggles and smears, arrows and parabolas. But when we examine it closer and allow the painting to assert itself we begin to see the way in which one image leads into another, and also the way in which each of the several levels is securely anchored in space. And while examining it, and others by Hodgson, we begin to see that the strange colours – purple, purplish red, dull green – are not only the result of a rather eccentric colour sense but also are the result of Hodgson’s desire to break away from all traditional usage and create new worlds of space and light.”
CONDITION DETAILS
Very good condition.
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