signed lower right; inscribed “P-95” on a label on the reverse
12 × 15.75 in (30.5 × 40.0 cm)
Auction Estimate:$6,000 - $8,000
Sale date:May 16 - 30, 2023
Price Realized
$6,000
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Collection of the Artist
The Park Gallery, Toronto
Estate of the Artist
Jack Bush Heritage Corporation
Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibited
"New Paintings by Jack Bush," Gavin Henderson Galleries, Toronto, 1949, no. 8
“Ways of Painting - 79th Annual Spring Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists," Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, 1951
"Jack Bush: Hymn to the Sun, Early Work," Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, 1997, reproduced as Agony, 1950
Literature
Michael Burtch, “Jack Bush: Hymn to the Sun, Early Work”, Art Gallery of Algoma, 1997, page 85 as Agony, 1950
Rose MacDonald, "Donges Landscapes at Little Gallery”, Toronto Telegram (15 October 1949), page 8.
"New Paintings by Jack Bush," Gavin Henderson Gallery, 1949
Rob O'Flanagan, "A brilliant look at a tortured mind," The Sudbury Star, 1998
We extend our thanks to Dr. Sarah Stanners for contributing research and history related to this artwork. Sarah is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto’s Department of Art History while writing the forthcoming “Jack Bush Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné”. From 2015 to 2018 she was the Chief Curator of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Co-Curator of the 2014/2015 national travelling exhibition, “Jack Bush”, Co-Author of the resulting 2014 exhibition catalogue (”Jack Bush”) and guest curator and author for “Jack Bush: In Studio”, organized by the Esker Foundation in Calgary.
