signed, titled and dated 2004 on the reverse of the framing
10.25 × 10 in (26.0 × 25.4 cm)
Sold
$180
Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto
Literature
Gary Michael Dault, “Eternal Return: Don Jean-Louis sees art and the environment as a two-way street”, Canadian Art, Summer 1990, page 78, for discussion of the artist’s photographic work and a comparable work reproduced
Don Jean-Louis created the distortion effect within this unique work by shooting into a custom, distorted mirror which the artist had made as a component of his 1969 Isaacs Gallery exhibition, “The Nature of the Media is to Expose”. The neon is a maquette element for Jean-Louis’ mid-1980s commission for the lobby of CIL House, North York.
Although printed in 2004, the original polaroid image was created in the late 1980s.
We extend our thanks to Dr. Ihor Holubizky for providing research related to this work of art.
