SOHANEY (JACK DOUGLAS HOWARD SCHONEY WILKINSON, DOUG WILKINSON, JACK DOUGLAS WILKINSON, JACK AXEL WILKINSON, JOHNNY CANOE) (1919-1979), HÚŊKPAPȞA LAKȞÓTA NATION
Untitled (Opposing Birds / Fighting Cocks), c. 1957
oil on pressed board, 28 x 36 in (71.1 x 91.4 cm), framed.
signed, "Sohaney".
LOT 23
ESTIMATE: $500 — $800
Untitled (Opposing Roosters / Cocks Fighting) was reproduced as a spread on the front and back cover of the April 1957 Imperial Oil Review. It was additionally reproduced in black and white, along with photographs of the artist in his studio, with a note on the artist.
In 1959, the Imperial Oil Review discussed the 31 artworks that were selected to be exhibited during a seven month tour of the Western Canada Art Circuit, which travelled to Prince Albert, SK, Calgary, Banff, Kelowna, B.C., Victoria, Edmonton, Brandon, MB. Of the present oil, the Review author wrote, “There is the primitive vivid splash of Sohaney's "Fighting Cocks", April, 1957, one of our most popular covers, judging from reader response. (The U.S. Embassy in Ottawa requested a print suitable for framing; 200 reprints were distributed with an issue of Canadian Art Magazine.)”
A copy of both the 1957 Imperial Oil Review and the 1955 Canadian Art Magazine reproduction are included in this lot.
signed, "Sohaney".
LOT 23
ESTIMATE: $500 — $800
Untitled (Opposing Roosters / Cocks Fighting) was reproduced as a spread on the front and back cover of the April 1957 Imperial Oil Review. It was additionally reproduced in black and white, along with photographs of the artist in his studio, with a note on the artist.
In 1959, the Imperial Oil Review discussed the 31 artworks that were selected to be exhibited during a seven month tour of the Western Canada Art Circuit, which travelled to Prince Albert, SK, Calgary, Banff, Kelowna, B.C., Victoria, Edmonton, Brandon, MB. Of the present oil, the Review author wrote, “There is the primitive vivid splash of Sohaney's "Fighting Cocks", April, 1957, one of our most popular covers, judging from reader response. (The U.S. Embassy in Ottawa requested a print suitable for framing; 200 reprints were distributed with an issue of Canadian Art Magazine.)”
A copy of both the 1957 Imperial Oil Review and the 1955 Canadian Art Magazine reproduction are included in this lot.
Further images
Provenance
Ex. Collection of Mr. Gerald Moses;
Bequest to Ms. Barbara Mercer, Toronto;
Estate of the above.
Exhibitions
Western Canada Art Circuit, [Imperial Oil Review ?], Tour, 1959, travelling exhibition, Prince Albert, SK, Calgary, Banff, Kelowna, B.C., Victoria, Edmonton, Brandon, MB.Literature
The Imperial Oil Review, Vol. 41, No. 2, April 1957, the front and back cover comprised of a detail of the present work.
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