signed and dated 1979 lower right; signed, titled and inscribed “OC-40-79” on the reverse
40 × 40 in (101.6 × 101.6 cm)
Auction Estimate:$6,000 - $8,000
Sale date:May 20 - 28, 2014
Price Realized
$5,750
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton.
The Collection of Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc.
Exhibited
“Dorothy Knowles: Paintings, 1964-1982”, the Edmonton Art Gallery, travelling to the Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, the Art Gallery of Windsor, the London Regional Art Gallery, the Centre Saidye Bronfman, Montreal, the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, 1983-1984, cat.no. 36.
Literature
Terry Fenton, “Dorothy Knowles: Paintings, 1964-1982”, Edmonton Art Gallery, 1982, page 34, listed.
Knowles' very first solo exhibition was held in 1954 at the Saskatoon Art Centre when the artist was in her late twenties. She participated in Emma Lake Workshops in the 1950s and 1960s which greatly influenced her work by aiding in the development of her distinctive technique. Her paintings came to focus on capturing the richness of the prairie landscape through colour and texture. In “Fields Near Wakaw”, Knowles masterfully interprets the diversity and abundance of nature.
