Lot 81
RONALD YORK WILSON (1907–1984)
Lot 81 Details
RONALD YORK WILSON (1907–1984), Canadian
CITIES (PORTFOLIO INCLUDING: JAIPUR; SRINAGAR; MARRAKESH; KUCHING; ISFAHAN; KUALA LUMPUR; CAIRO)
Seven colour silkscreens; each signed, titled and variously numbered in an edition of 60 in pencil to margin, the print titled “Srinagar” being an epreuve d’artiste, aside from the edition of 60, being numbered “E/A” in pencil to margin. Each unframed.
22.5" x 28.0" (57.2 cm x 71.1 cm)
Estimate $1,000-$1,500
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Provenance:
Estate of the artist;
Gifted directly from the York Wilson Foundation to The Collection of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, N.B. in 2016-17;
Deaccessioned to benefit art purchases at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Note:
A set of the seven prints, “Cities” was exhibited at the Rose Fried Gallery, New York, in 1968. The exhibition was a great success. A large canvas, "Guerrero," and a portfolio of the seven prints went to the Birla Academy of Art in Calcutta, India, selected by art historian Laxmi Sihare.