Lot 36
Canadian (b. 1928)
Mirage (1969)
Medium
Screenprint
Dimensions
18" x 22"
Signature
Signed lower right, Edition 19/100

Estimate: $100 - $150

Price Realized: $450
Includes buyer's premium

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About this Lot
Description
This item was donated by Darlene Orlov.   • the work is unframed • no readily visible paper bends This item ships from NY 11201
Canadian painter, muralist, and printmaker, Rita Letendre, combines the strength of shape, composition, and color in Mirage. Inspired by geometric and minimalist works of art, Mirage plays with the expectation of perfection by presenting shapes that are slightly off-kilter. The red hues slightly shift, causing the shapes to bounce off of each other. Mirage is visually playful in that the white streaks draw the eye to the bottom of the composition, but then the looming black triangle lifts it. Inspired by the work of Franz Kline, though in search of further depth, Letendre challenges the conventions of the minimalist and colorblock schools. The longer the viewer engages with the work, the more that the boundaries of foreground and background merge. ~ Evie Adsetts, Student at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Master of Arts in Art Market Studies.