Lot 28
WILLIAM PATERSON EWEN, R.C.A.
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Provenance:
Collection of Carmen Lamanna, Toronto
By descent to the present owner, Ontario
Literature:
Heather A. Fraser, Paterson Ewen, Critical Works, Works on Paper 1949-92, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1992, unpaginated.
Note:
According to Fraser, in 1971 Ewen developed an interest in paper-making as an offshoot of his exploration of 18th century Japanese prints. She writes: “In 1973, Ewen began in earnest to paint on handmade paper and in 1975 had an exhibition of his works on paper (that same year)...which sold art.” Fraser quotes reporter Lenore Crawford of the London Free Press: “He’s doing watercolours in a concentrated way as he hasn’t done for years, using beautiful paper he makes himself - proudly - on the paper-making machine in Western’s Fine Art Department.”
Fraser continues: “The chance imperfections of recycled materials and bumps which occur during the paper’s drying, suggested a new role for paper as a medium rather than as a support.”
It was in the year this work was created that Ewen was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy.