Gerald Ferguson Sold at Auction Prices

Painter, Sculptor, b. 1937 - d. 2009

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    • GERALD FERGUSON 1000 Grapes.
      Nov. 16, 2023

      GERALD FERGUSON 1000 Grapes.

      Est: $2,000 - $3,000

      GERALD FERGUSON 1000 Grapes. Enamel on canvas. 385x385 mm; 15x15 inches. Signed and titled in ink, verso. Provenance: Gifted by Ferguson to the artist Robert Berlind (1938-2015), New York; private collection, New York.

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • GERALD FERGUSON Maintenance Painting No. 82.
      Nov. 16, 2023

      GERALD FERGUSON Maintenance Painting No. 82.

      Est: $1,000 - $1,500

      GERALD FERGUSON Maintenance Painting No. 82. Latex paint on canvas, 1979. 303x230 mm; 12x9 inches. With the artist's label, verso. Provenance: Gifted by Ferguson to the artist Robert Berlind (1938-2015), New York; private collection, New York.

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • GERALD FERGUSON (1937-2009), 1000 GRAPES, enamel on canvas, 15 ins x 15 ins; 38.1 cms x 38.1 cms
      Apr. 13, 2017

      GERALD FERGUSON (1937-2009), 1000 GRAPES, enamel on canvas, 15 ins x 15 ins; 38.1 cms x 38.1 cms

      Est: -

      GERALD FERGUSON (1937-2009)1000 GRAPESenamel on canvassigned, titled and dated ‘98 on the reverse 15 ins x 15 ins; 38.1 cms x 38.1 cms Provenance:Private Collection, TorontoOlga Korper Gallery, TorontoLiterature:Diane Nemiroff, “Late Style in the Work of Gerald Ferguson,” in Journal of Canadian Art History, Vol. 21, Issue 1, 2000, pages 152-166.Gerald Ferguson was a highly acclaimed conceptual artist and an esteemed professor at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. He was interested primarily in frottage, a technique in which involves rubbing lead or charcoal on paper placed on a textured surface. In his installation works, he explored the commodification of art and the ways in which the “artist’s hand” could be removed from the artistic process. 1,000 Grapes closely resembles Ferguson’s larger, iconic 1,000,000 Grapes from 1996-97. 1,000,000 Grapes was created as a series of 100 square canvases each entitled 10,000 Grapes. Diane Nemiroff, curator of the National Gallery of Canada at the time, explained it was a “sign of a late moment in the history of painting, marked not only by the end of representation but also by the subjugation of subjective expression to the objective order of painting itself.” The enamel paint in combination with the use of templates to create the shapes give the work an industrial character - allowing for, as Ferguson would say, “beauty through the back door.”Ferguson’s works are represented in many collections in Canada, the United States and Europe, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum Sztuki in Poland. His art has been exhibited at many prestigious institutions, including solo shows at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Vancouver Art Gallery, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and the National Gallery of Canada. Estimate: $5,000–7,000

      Waddington's
    • GERALD FERGUSON, ROCKS AND BUSHES, enamel on canvas, 48 ins x 55 ins; 121.9 cms x 139.7 cms
      Apr. 13, 2015

      GERALD FERGUSON, ROCKS AND BUSHES, enamel on canvas, 48 ins x 55 ins; 121.9 cms x 139.7 cms

      Est: $10,000 - $15,000

      GERALD FERGUSON ROCKS AND BUSHES enamel on canvassigned, titled and dated '08 on the overflap 48 ins x 55 ins; 121.9 cms x 139.7 cms Provenance:Wynick/Tuck Gallery, TorontoPrivate Collection, TorontoNote:Gerald Ferguson is best known as one of Canada's most important conceptualist artists and pre-eminent educators. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1937, Ferguson relocated to Nova Scotia in 1968 to take a teaching position at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and was highly influential in establishing the institution as a renowned centre of conceptual art throughout the 1970s. Ferguson's works are represented in many important collections throughout Canada, the United States and Europe, including the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and the Museum Sztuki in Poland. He has received solo shows at numerous institutions including the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa). In 1995, Ferguson received the prestigious $50,000 Molson Prize for Visual Art. This work, Rocks and Bushes (2008), part of his final series of landscape paintings created in homage to American painter Marsden Hartley, was exhibited at Wynick/Tuck Gallery in Toronto in 2009, the year of his death at age 73.

      Waddington's
    • GERALD FERGUSON, UNTITLED, acrylic on paper, 13.25 ins x 18 ins; 33.7 cms x 45.7 cms
      Mar. 04, 2014

      GERALD FERGUSON, UNTITLED, acrylic on paper, 13.25 ins x 18 ins; 33.7 cms x 45.7 cms

      Est: $800 - $1,200

      GERALD FERGUSONUNTITLED, acrylic on paper 13.25 ins x 18 ins; 33.7 cms x 45.7 cms Note: Gerald Ferguson is best known for his wry efforts to torque the boundaries of formalism and conceptualism. Born in Cincinnati Ohio, Ferguson received his MFA from the Ohio University (Athens, OH). After being invited to teach at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (Halifax, NS), Ferguson relocated to Canada where he resided until his death in October 2009. Ferguson's works are represented in many collections in Canada, the United States, and in Europe, including the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, ON), the Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY) and the Museum Sztuki (Lodz, POL). His art has been exhibited at many prestigious institutions, including solo shows at the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, ON), Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver, BC), the Winnipeg Art Gallery (Winnipeg, MB), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, ON).

      Waddington's
    • Gerald Ferguson (AMERICAN, circa 1937-2009)
      Oct. 01, 2010

      Gerald Ferguson (AMERICAN, circa 1937-2009)

      Est: -

      Gerald Ferguson (AMERICAN, circa 1937-2009) White signed and dated 'G Ferguson '77' (on the stretcher bar) and signed and dated again 'G Ferguson Nov '77' (on the overlap) oil on canvas 61½ x 61 in. (156.2 x 154.9 cm.) Painted in 1977.

      Christie's
    • Gerald Ferguson (AMERICAN, circa 1937-2009)
      Sep. 30, 2010

      Gerald Ferguson (AMERICAN, circa 1937-2009)

      Est: $2,000 - $3,000

      Gerald Ferguson (AMERICAN, circa 1937-2009) White signed and dated 'G Ferguson '77' (on the stretcher bar) and signed and dated again 'G Ferguson Nov '77' (on the overlap) oil on canvas 61½ x 61 in. (156.2 x 154.9 cm.) Painted in 1977.

      Christie's
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