signed, titled (twice) and dated 1982 on the stretcher
81 × 69 in (205.7 × 175.3 cm)
Auction Estimate:$15,000 - $18,000
Sale date:November 18 - 25, 2015
Price Realized
$17,250
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Musée des beaux-arts de Montreal, Art Sales and Rental Service
Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Montreal
Ted Godwin was the youngest member of the avant-garde group of Saskatchewan artists known as the Regina Five. This group included Ken Lochhead, Art McKay, Ron Bloore, and Douglas Morton. Godwin and his Regina Five colleagues broke onto the national art scene in 1961 with an exhibition entitled “Five Painters from Regina” at the National Gallery of Canada. During the early 1960s, Godwin participated in the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops with renowned artists Barnett Newman, Lawrence Alloway, Jules Olitsky and John Ferren.
This luminous large-scale landscape is in Godwin's signature style. His attention to the reflections on the lake and his use of vibrant blues, greens and turquoise, with a mix of broad and shorter brushstrokes, make his artwork both down to earth and magical. “Hidden Valley” is a reminder of the duality of natural wonders in Canada.
