BENJAMIN CHEE CHEE (1944-1977) ANISHINAABE (OJIBWE)
Untitled (Goose in Flight), 1977
acrylic on Arches watermarked and stamped watercolour paper, 22.5 x 30 in (57.1 x 76.2 cm), framed.
signed and dated, "Benjamin / Chee / Chee / 77";
inscribed verso in graphite in an unknown hand [Washa Gallery?], "23333-7-481-14[?]-5 50.00".
signed and dated, "Benjamin / Chee / Chee / 77";
inscribed verso in graphite in an unknown hand [Washa Gallery?], "23333-7-481-14[?]-5 50.00".
LOT 11
ESTIMATE: $4,000 — $6,000
ESTIMATE: $4,000 — $6,000
This elegant composition by Benjamin Chee Chee exemplifies the power of restraint. Rendered in a sleek palette of black, white, and warm orange accents, the work captures a solitary bird...
This elegant composition by Benjamin Chee Chee exemplifies the power of restraint. Rendered in a sleek palette of black, white, and warm orange accents, the work captures a solitary bird in a single, continuous line. The fluid grace of the work is striking. Every curve feels deliberate yet instinctive, as though the artist was tracing something already alive within the sheet. There is a modernist sensibility here but without any associated coldness. Instead, the image feels warm and, paradoxically, generous in its aesthetic economy. As with all the more stunning works in his oeuvre, with the present painting, Chee Chee asks “how little can be said to still speak volumes?” And then answers, "Just this. No more, no less."
Provenance
With the Washa Gallery, Winnipeg, their label affixed to the frame, verso;Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Ottawa.
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