signed and dated 1979 lower right; signed, titled and inscribed “AC-9-79” on the reverse
78 × 49 in (198.1 × 124.5 cm)
Auction Estimate:$12,000 - $15,000
Sale date:November 19 - 28, 2014
Price Realized
$29,900
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Meredith Long Contemporary Gallery, New York
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. 15
Literature
Terry Fenton, “Dorothy Knowles: Paintings, 1964-1982”, Edmonton Art Gallery, 1982, listed page 34
Knowles participation in the Emma Lake Workshops in the 1950s and 1960s greatly influenced and encouraged her interest in landscape painting. Her paintings capture the richness of the prairie landscape through exploration of colour and texture. In “Soft Greens in May”, Knowles' handling of acrylic paint appears as transparent as watercolour, a technique which enables the artist to capture the nuances of the colour and light of Saskatchewan. Although green is used exquisitely in soft, varying hues, Knowles palette is expansive in this painting with a skillful application of blues, yellows and hints of pink throughout.
