Joyner’s Canadian Art Auction, 1st Session

November 20, 2007

LOT 137

Lot 137

JOE FAFARD

JOE FAFARD
Lot 137 Details
JOE FAFARD

COW AT REST

glazed ceramic
signed

Estimate $1,500-$2,000

Realised: $2,070
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

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JOE FAFARD
  • JOE FAFARD
Provenance:

Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, Ottawa

Literature:

Gary Michael Dault, Artist Conjures Up A More Innocent Time, The Globe and Mail, Saturday, April 28, 2007, page R17.

Note:

Executed circa 1974.

Although best known for his bronze works, Fafard began his career as a ceramicist and was already well-known as a ceramic sculptor when he began working with bronze in the early 1980s. Asked by the Globe and Mail why the artist switched mediums, Fafard cited his creation of The Pasture, a 1985 Toronto Dominion Bank commissioned work consisting of seven life-sized cows resting in a grassy area between the towers of the TD Centre. “It was when I got that big commission for downtown Toronto...Those cows are big. You couldn’t make them out of clay.”

CONDITION DETAILS

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  • 1 Star: Poor - Flaws or damage immediately apparent under standard lighting (examples: missing components, rips, broken glass, damaged surfaces, etc.)

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