signed and dated 1962 lower right; signed, titled and dated “July 62” on the stretcher
11.5 × 18.5 in (29.2 × 47.0 cm)
Auction Estimate:$2,000 - $3,000
Sale date:May 30, 2024
Price Realized
$4,800
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Isaacs Gallery, Toronto
The Women's Committee of the Art Gallery of Toronto
The Collection of Dennis Reid, Toronto
John Meredith had little interest in formal theories but worked instinctively and experientially, drawing from inner resources. Many of his early works of the late 1950s were executed with a vigorous palette knife impasto. Drawing was always central and crucial to Meredith’s work, developing a personal calligraphic vocabulary. "Bengal 1", dating to 1962, demonstrates Meredith’s shift away from sombre colours to more bright and linear compositions. The artist had recently held his second solo show in 1961 at Toronto's Isaacs Gallery. The exhibition was favourably reviewed in the ""Toronto Star"" and he joined the Isaacs Gallery in 1962.
This artwork, as well as lot 68, are from the Collection of the late Dennis Reid, esteemed academic, author and curator.
