Jack Hamilton Bush (1909-1977)

Walkway Series D

Details

Jack Hamilton Bush (1909-1977)
Walkway Series D
signed, inscribed, titled and dated '"WALKWAY" Jack Bush - Toronto Sept. 1969 SERIES 'D'' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
76 ½ x 94 ¾ in. (194.3 x 240.7 cm.)
Painted in 1969-1970.

Provenance

David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto
Dr. Harry Lewis, Toronto, 1971
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto
Gallery Moos, Toronto
Intercontinental Art Agency, Vancouver, 1975
Private collection, Vancouver
Michèle Marin, Montreal
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

B. Andrews, "Jack Bush: Famous First Outside Canada," Toronto Telegram, March 1971, p. 34.
M. Greenwood, "Jack Bush, The David Mirvish Gallery, March 1971," Artscanada, Vol. 28, no. 3, June/July 1971, p. 71 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Toronto, David Mirvish Gallery, Jack Bush / Series D, 1971.

Lot Essay

To be included in the forthcoming Jack Bush catalogue raisonné of paintings under the direction of Dr. Sarah Stanners.

"Jack Bush was not a pioneer, but he was an exemplar. His marriage of the stripe and the monochrome is more than just clever design, it manages to both acknowledge and avoid painting's inevitable last move" (M. Mayer, Jack Bush: A Double Life, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2014, p. 26).

Walkway Series D

Lot Essay

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