The White Vase with Colourful Bouquet by Peter Alfred Harris
Peter Harris
The White Vase with Colourful Bouquet
mixed media on paper
signed and dated 1988 lower right; titled on a label on the reverse
23.25 x 29.25 ins ( 59.1 x 74.3 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $354.00
Sale date: September 29th 2020
Roberts Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Ontario
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Peter Alfred Harris
(1932)
Born in Toronto, Ontario, he studied at the Ontario College of Art under Alfsen, Hagan, Pepper, Ogilvie, Nichols, Schaefer, Freifeld and MacDonald; also at the Sun Miguel Allende school in Mexico and he did copies of Master’s Drawings at the Louvre, Paris. He won a third year travelling scholarship while at the Ontario College of Art. He was appointed Curator of the St. Catherines and District Arts Council in 1960 now located at Rodman Hall in St. Catharines. He is a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art, has taught at the Ontario College of Art (1959) and lives in St. Catharines, Ontario.
Source: "A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume II”, compiled by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Ltd, Ottawa, 1979
