with cobalt blue at the top and fluorescent yellow below
and titled on label on verso
some dismiss his work as simply being a mass or spray of color
From the signed edition of 70
It can be found in the permanent collection of numerous museum's including the MoMA and The National Gallery of Canada
ALEX COLVILLE "BORDER COLLIE" SILKSCREEN, 1973 Joyce Wieland graphite on paper with cobalt blue at theAlex Colville (1920 2013) is one of the titans of figurative Canadian art. Working across mediums, Colville is a revered painter, draughtsman, engraver, and muralist. He is one of the few Canadian artists whose auction record is above $2 million. Spending his life and career in Nova Scotia, Colville is renowned for his atmospheric depictions, frequently portraying his family, domestic animals, and scenes of Atlantic Canada. Despite the degree of