Robert McNealy, Neandertal; Habilis (from the Skullduggery series), two mixed media works on paper, 2005

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Neandertal; Habilis (from the Skullduggery series), 2005

two mixed media works on paper

- "Neandertal" (4.5 x 4 ins - signed, titled and dated 2005 on the reverse); - "Habilis" (6 x 5.5 ins. - signed, titled and inscribed "first attempt, 2011" on the reverse)

6 × 5.5 in (15.2 × 14.0 cm) (largest)

Auction Estimate:$200 - $400

Sale date:February 11 - 25, 2025

Price Realized

$204

(including Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Grunt Gallery, Vancouver The Estate of Jaan Põldaas

Exhibited

"Skullduggery", Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, 28 May - 25 June 2011

Poldaas was greatly influenced by his relationship with Robert McNealy, whom he met soon after he left architecture school to pursue a career in painting in 1972. McNealy was an active member, and maverick, of the Toronto Art scene in the 1970s, was one of the founders of Mercer Union from the A.C.T., exhibited and shared many studios with Poldaas (Common Factors, 1978). McNealy left Toronto for the West Coast. Apparently Poldaas’ former gallerist, Robert Birch, brought these works to Poldaas from McNealy’s Skullduggery show at Grunt gallery in Vancouver in 2011.