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LOT 68

Lot 68

Joan Willsher-Martel (1925-2017)

Joan Willsher-Martel (1925-2017)
Lot 68 Details
Joan Willsher-Martel (1925-2017), Canadian

TREES I, 1972

oil on canvas
initialed and dated "'72"; titled and dated verso
60.25 x 80 in — 153 x 203.2 cm

Estimate $2,500-$3,500

Realised: $2,000
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Joan Willsher-Martel (1925-2017)
  • Joan Willsher-Martel (1925-2017)
  • Joan Willsher-Martel (1925-2017)
  • Joan Willsher-Martel (1925-2017)
Provenance:

Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, Toronto, ON

Note:

“Willsher-Martel’s work is not so much the result of reasoning as an instinctual feeling for the place in which she grew up… What we see is mystical intuition: she is an heir to the Romantic tradition, and her work is part of a larger quest for the spirit.”

Born in Victoria in 1925, Joan Willsher-Martel moved to Toronto in 1952 with a view to become an abstract artist. Willsher-Martel developed her own artistic style inspired by the Painters Eleven and Emily Carr, infused with Pointillism and Impressionism. Her works are romantic and meticulous, resembling four-colour process inks in a Gaussian blur. Often depicting the trees and landscapes of British Columbia, Willsher-Martel’s mature works are an otherworldly homage to her birthplace.

Joan Murray, Cosmic Consciousness: the Paintings of Joan Willsher-Martel, 1950-2000, Gallery Gevik, Toronto, ON, 2000, page 5.

CONDITION DETAILS

Good overall condition.

Canvas slightly relaxed at top left corner. Slight outward bowing.

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