#11 CAMEL TAN (colour your world) from THE MIDDLE EAST (J.P), 1992

acrylic on canvas

signed, dated 1992 and titled on the stretcher on the reverse; unframed

12 × 16 in (30.5 × 40.6 cm)

Auction Estimate:$300 - $500

Sale date:February 11 - 25, 2025

Price Realized

$264

(including Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

The Estate of Jaan Põldaas

Garry Neill Kennedy, CM, RCA (1935-2011) was a Canadian conceptual artist and educator, appointed president of NSCAD at the age of 32 in the late 1960s. A legendary figure in Canadian art both for his artistic legacy and impact on Canadian artists at the helm of NSCAD, Kennedy invited Poldaas in 1980 to exhibit the work he is best known for the first decade of his career: EG Series (1978-2011) in Nova Scotia. The inscription on this painting, which references the colour of sand to Saudi Arabia (Poldaas spent a year there in 1977) and dedicates the work to a fellow conceptualist.