Charles Pachter Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Charles Pachter Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 31, 2024
Charles Pachter (b. 1942), UNTITLED (SELF-PORTRAIT), 1968
Est: $600 - $800
Charles Pachter (b. 1942), Canadian UNTITLED (SELF-PORTRAIT), 1968 signed and numbered 14/20 Estimate: $600—800 CAD
Waddington's
Oct. 10, 2024
Charles Pachter (b. 1942), PAINTED FLAG, 2000
Est: $12,000 - $16,000
Charles Pachter (b. 1942), Canadian PAINTED FLAG, 2000 signed and dated "00"; signed and dated "00" verso Estimate: $12,000—16,000 CAD
Waddington's
Jun. 20, 2024
Charles Pachter (b. 1942), HISTORY LESSON, 2009
Est: $300 - $400
Charles Pachter (b. 1942), Canadian HISTORY LESSON, 2009 signed, titled, dated, and numbered 1/10 to margin Estimate: $300—400 CAD
Waddington's
May. 29, 2024
Charles Pachter (b. 1942), Canadian, THE PAINTED FLAG, 1986
Est: $40,000 - $50,000
Charles Pachter (b. 1942), Canadian THE PAINTED FLAG, 1986 acrylic on canvas signed and dated "86"; signed and dated "86" verso; inscribed "St. Rémy Oct 91-Jan 92; Bonn Apr-May 92; CN Tower Jun-Oct/95" 36 x 72 in — 91.4 x 182.9 cm Estimate: $40,000—50,000
Waddington's
Dec. 09, 2023
CHARLES PACHTER ( Canadian 1942 - ) Canada 125 - Horizontal Flag
Est: $100 - $150
CHARLES PACHTER ( Canadian 1942 - ) Canada 125 - Horizontal Flag
Westbridge Fine Art Auction House
Oct. 21, 2023
CHARLES PACHTER ( Canadian 1942 - ) Canada 125 - Horizontal Flag
Est: $150 - $200
CHARLES PACHTER ( Canadian 1942 - ) Canada 125 - Horizontal Flag
Westbridge Fine Art Auction House
Mar. 01, 2023
CHARLES PACHTER
Est: €100 - €150
Six figures in a landscape. Limited edition print. Framed.
Sheppards
Nov. 20, 2022
Charles Pachter (Canadian, b.1942) Original Mixed Media
Est: $10 - $200
Cut out artwork on paper of a stylized dragon painted with ink and markers and applied to the board. Signed and dated 1978 lower right. Measures 11.5" x 9.5" including frame. Artist: Charles Pachter
Lion and Unicorn
Jun. 29, 2022
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN B. 1942)
Est: £800 - £1,200
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN B. 1942) Property from a Private Collection CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN B. 1942) Family signed, inscribed, dated and numbered in pencil Pachter 70 Family 1/8 (lower right) lithograph 70.7 x 55.8 cm (27 7/8 x 21 3/4 in) Executed in 1970
Chiswick Auctions
Mar. 03, 2020
CHARLES PACHTER (Canadian, b. 1942)
Est: $200 - $400
For All in Tents Colour silkscreen Signed in pencil to margin Size: 29 x 21.5 in. (sheet sight) Condition report available upon request.
A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
Aug. 14, 2019
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN b1942)
Est: £400 - £500
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN b1942) Black Flag I Signed lower right Limited edition lithograph 1/25 Dated 1981 verso 45 x 34cm
Chiswick Auctions
Jul. 10, 2019
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN b1942)
Est: £800 - £1,200
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN b1942) Black Flag I Signed lower right Limited edition lithograph 1/25 Dated 1981 verso 45 x 34cm
Chiswick Auctions
Jul. 12, 2018
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942-), FOR ALL IN TENTS, SCREEN PRINT; TITLED AND NUMBERED 39/150 LOWER LEFT; SIGNED AND DATED ‘87 LOWER RIGHT (Sight, 30” x 21.8”)
Est: $400 - $600
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942-) FOR ALL IN TENTSSCREEN PRINT; TITLED AND NUMBERED 39/150 LOWER LEFT; SIGNED AND DATED ‘87 LOWER RIGHT (Sight, 30” x 21.8”)Estimate: $400—600
Waddington's
Apr. 12, 2018
CHARLES PACHTER (1942-), SIDE BY SIDE, 2001, Colour lithograph; signed, titled and numbered 34/50 in pen and ink to margin, Image 16 x 24 in — 40.6 x 61 cm
Est: $800 - $1,200
CHARLES PACHTER (1942-), CANADIANSIDE BY SIDE, 2001Colour lithograph; signed, titled and numbered 34/50 in pen and ink to marginImage 16 x 24 in — 40.6 x 61 cmProvenance:Private Collection, MontrealNote:In 2001, shortly after the tragedy of 9/11, Pachter created this special lithograph both honoring the fallen and celebrating Canada and the United States' friendship.Estimate: $800—1,200
Waddington's
Apr. 12, 2018
CHARLES PACHTER (1942-), THE PAINTED FLAG, 1981, Colour offset lithograph; signed in pen and ink. Published in an edition of 300., Image 30.5 x 18 in — 77.5 x 45.7 cm
Est: $300 - $500
CHARLES PACHTER (1942-), CANADIANTHE PAINTED FLAG, 1981Colour offset lithograph; signed in pen and ink. Published in an edition of 300.Image 30.5 x 18 in — 77.5 x 45.7 cmProvenance:Private Collection, MontrealEstimate: $300—500
Waddington's
Oct. 26, 2017
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942-), QUEEN ON MOOSE, 1973, DECORATIVE COLOUR PRINT; SIGNED AND DATED ‘73 LOWER RIGHT IN PRINT ONLY. (25.5” x 20.5”) Metal framed and matted.
Est: $40 - $60
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942-) QUEEN ON MOOSE, 1973DECORATIVE COLOUR PRINT; SIGNED AND DATED ‘73 LOWER RIGHT IN PRINT ONLY. (25.5” x 20.5”) Metal framed and matted.Estimate: $40—60
Waddington's
Nov. 03, 2016
Charles Pachter (1942- ), FOLIO: EXPEDITIONS (POEMS BY MARGARET ATWOOD), WINTER, 1965/66, Containing 8 lithographs by Pachter on BFK Rives watermarked, folded sheets with text poems by Atwood, with tissue guards between each print. Each poem by
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CHARLES PACHTER (1942- ), CANADIANFOLIO: EXPEDITIONS (POEMS BY MARGARET ATWOOD), WINTER, 1965/66Containing 8 lithographs by Pachter on BFK Rives watermarked, folded sheets with text poems by Atwood, with tissue guards between each print. Each poem by Atwood illustrated by Pachter including descriptive titles: “This is a photograph of me (Atwood) (The photograph was taken the day after I drowned...)”; “Camera”; “Some Objects of Wood and Stone”; “Pebbles”; “Carved Animals”; “The Islands”; “Through the wilderness of the flesh”; and “These Expeditions have no end”. The front titlepage and colophon pages on handmade linen, cotton, dry grass and hair paper made by Pachter. The colophon: signed and numbered 5/15 by Pachter in black ink. All contained in a blue cloth hardcover folio.Folio overall 22.5" x 20.75" — 57.2 x 52.7 cm.Provenance:Ex. Coll. Gallery Brand, Oakville, ON;By descentNote:The poems by Atwood were realized during the winter of 1965-66. The poems were handwritten, transferred onto aluminum plates, and then printed simultaneously with the lithographs by Pachter on the left hand side.Estimate: $1,200—1,800
Waddington's
Jun. 15, 2016
Charles PACHTER (Canadian b. 1942)
Est: $500 - $700
MOOSE laser cut metal 12.75 x 6 x 3.5 in. (32.4 x 15.2 x 8.9 cm) signed
A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
Mar. 10, 2015
Charles Pachter (1942- ), STREETCAR CIRCUS, Colour 1/2 tone lithograph; faintly signed and numbered 1/5? and inscribed beside it, possibly "Artist Proof" along the bottom edge in red pencil, signed and inscribed: "For Alison and David" in the windows
Est: $100 - $200
CHARLES PACHTER (1942- ), CANADIANSTREETCAR CIRCUSColour 1/2 tone lithograph; faintly signed and numbered 1/5? and inscribed beside it, possibly "Artist Proof" along the bottom edge in red pencil, signed and inscribed: "For Alison and David" in the windows of the bottom streetcar in sepia toned pen and ink.Together with three additional streetcar themed exhibition posters and prints including: "Queen West Summer Fair, July 17, 24, 31", colour lithographic poster with letters;"Queen West Street Fair, June 13 14 15 1980", colour lithographic poster on shiny paper with letters;"Cloudcars", 1971, colour reproduction on paper; signed, titled and dated 71 in the plate. The last three unframed.Sheet 28.5" x 19.25" - 72.4 x 48.9 cm.; 14.5" x 23.25" - 36.8 x 59.1 cm.; 20" x 16" - 50.8 x 40.6 cm.; 28.5" x 22" - 72.4 x 55.9 cm.Estimate: $100-200
Waddington's
Mar. 10, 2015
Charles Pachter (1942- ), DAVENPORT AND BAY, 1984, Colour silkscreen; signed, titled, dated '84 and numbered 130/150 in pencil., Sight 23.75" x 15.75" - 60.3 x 40 cm.
Est: $600 - $800
CHARLES PACHTER (1942- ), CANADIANDAVENPORT AND BAY, 1984Colour silkscreen; signed, titled, dated '84 and numbered 130/150 in pencil.Sight 23.75" x 15.75" - 60.3 x 40 cm.Literature:Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, "Charles Pachter", McClelland and Stewart Inc., Toronto, 1992, page 96 (fig. 102), where the original painting is reproduced in colour.Estimate: $600-800
Waddington's
Nov. 24, 2014
CHARLES PACHTER, RED BARN, acrylic on canvas, 36 ins x 60 ins; 91.4 cms x 175.3 cms
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
CHARLES PACHTERRED BARNacrylic on canvassigned and dated '88 and '97 on the reverse 36 ins x 60 ins; 91.4 cms x 175.3 cms Literature:Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, Charles Pachter, McClelland & Stewart, Inc., Toronto, 1992, page 105, page 110, fig. 118 for a closely related work entitled Green Barn Reflected, 1988, reproduced in colour.Note:"In 1987 Pachter began working with an Amiga computer graphics program that enabled him to create and store variations of a visual idea." His "barn works," (Green Barn Reflected, Oro Barns Seen from My Window etc.) including Red Barn Reflected, were conceived in this way. The block images and bold colours of computer graphics were transferred and transformed in paint. Like his iconic images of Queen Elizabeth, flags, and moose, the red barn is a quintessential symbol of Charles Pachter's Canadiana.
Waddington's
Oct. 28, 2014
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942-), QUEEN ON MOOSE, COLOUR LITHOGRAPH/PAPER COLLAGE; SIGNED, DATED '73 AND NUMBERED A/P LOWER RIGHT (Sheet size, 26" x 38.8")
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CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942-) QUEEN ON MOOSECOLOUR LITHOGRAPH/PAPER COLLAGE; SIGNED, DATED '73 AND NUMBERED A/P LOWER RIGHT (Sheet size, 26" x 38.8")Estimate: $500-700
Waddington's
Sep. 18, 2014
CHARLES PACHTER, DAVENPORT AND BAY, silkscreen, Sight 23.75 ins x 15.75 ins; 60.3 cms x 40 cms
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CHARLES PACHTERDAVENPORT AND BAYsilkscreensigned, titled, dated '84 and numbered 130/150 Sight 23.75 ins x 15.75 ins; 60.3 cms x 40 cms Literature:Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, Charles Pachter, McClelland and Stewart Inc., Toronto, 1992, page 96 (fig. 102), where the original painting is reproduced in colour.Estimate: $800-1,000
Waddington's
May. 26, 2014
CHARLES PACHTER, STATE OF THE TARTS, acrylic on canvas, 72 ins x 48 ins; 182.9 cms x 121.9 cms
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
CHARLES PACHTERSTATE OF THE TARTSacrylic on canvassigned and dated '88 72 ins x 48 ins; 182.9 cms x 121.9 cms Provenance:Charles Bronfman's Claridge Collection, MontrealLiterature:Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, Charles Pachter, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1992, page 98, fig. 105, reproduced.Note:Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov in her book on Charles Pachter writes, "By the mid-'80s Pachter's examination of abstract form within a representational framework is readily seen in two paintings of butter tarts titled State of the Tarts, 1985 and 1988. Pachter's ongoing search for Canadian symbols led to his claim that butter tarts were as indigenous to English Canada as croissants were to France, or doughnuts to the U.S.A. These handsome still-lifes recall motifs favoured by Roy Lichtenstein and Wayne Thiebaud among American Pop artists." In his second work, this lot, "...he situates the tart platter on a tall pedestal, aligned with the vertical and horizontal mullions of a multi-paned window in the background, creating a bold formal pattern of rectangles in contrast to the organic shapes of the tarts."Sold to benefit Historica Canada.
Waddington's
Mar. 11, 2014
Charles Pachter (1942- ), STREETCAR CIRCUS, Colour lithograph; signed and numbered a/p in pencil, Sheet 28.5" x 19.25" - 72.4 x 48.9 cm.
Est: $400 - $500
Charles Pachter (1942- ), CanadianSTREETCAR CIRCUS; Colour lithograph; signed and numbered a/p in pencilSheet 28.5" x 19.25" - 72.4 x 48.9 cm.Provenance: James Polk and his wife Ellen Seligman, both prominent members of the Arts and Literature Society, gifted from his longtime friend, the artist, as a house warming gift, over 20 years ago;Acquired by the present Private Collection, from the above
Waddington's
Jan. 28, 2014
Charles Pachter (Canadian 1942 - )
Est: $75 - $150
FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE (1979) Poster Image size: Overall: 21" x 14 1/2" / 53.3 cm x 36.8 cmThis poster has been inscribed and signed by the artist, who has written in the names of the models under their portrayals, including Toller Cranston, Moses Znaimer, and Marcia Lipmani
A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
Jun. 27, 2013
CHARLES PACHTER (1942-); MARGARET ATWOOD (1939-)
Est: $200 - $300
CHARLES PACHTER (1942-); MARGARET ATWOOD (1939-) THE ISLANDS; LITHOGRAPH - ARTIST'S PROOF WITH POEM; EACH SIGNED BY ARTIST AND AUTHOR Sheet 22" x 29.5" - 55.9 x 74.9 cm.
Waddington's
Jun. 06, 2013
CHARLES PACHTER THE STATE OF TARTS I, acrylic on
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
CHARLES PACHTER THE STATE OF TARTS I, acrylic on canvas; signed and dated '85 30 ins x 43 ins; 75 cms x 107.5 cms Provenance: Gallery Moos, Toronto. Private Collection, British Columbia. Literature: Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, Charles Pachter, Toronto, 1992, pages 94 and 98 (plate 104), reproduced in colour Note: Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov notes that, "By the mid-80s Pachter's examination of abstract form within a representational framework is readily seen in two paintings of butter tarts titled State of the Tarts, 1985 (this lot) and 1988. Pachter's ongoing search for Canadian symbols led to his claim that butter tarts were as indigenous to English Canada as croissants were to France, or doughnuts to the U.S.A. These handsome still-lifes recall motifs favoured by Roy Lichtenstein and Wayne Thiebaud among American Pop artists."
Waddington's
May. 16, 2013
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942-) LAZY DAYS;
Est: $500 - $700
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942-) LAZY DAYS; GRAPHITE DRAWING; SIGNED AND DATED '83 LOWER RIGHT Sheet 21.5" x 30.5" - 54.6 x 77.5 cm.
Waddington's
Apr. 25, 2013
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942-)
Est: $300 - $400
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942-) HISTORY LESSON; PHOTO LITHOGRAPH; SIGNED, DATED '09, TITLED AND NUMBERED 1/10 Image 11.8" x 17" - 30 x 43.2 cm.
Waddington's
Apr. 21, 2013
Charles Pachter Evening Car #A/P
Est: $350 - $450
Charles Pachter Evening Car #A/P colour silkscreen on paper 1972 Height [ inches ] 12.25 Width [ inches ] 18 signed, titled and dated and numbered along bottom; framed
Levis Auction
Sep. 13, 2012
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942-) ACROSS CANADA BY
Est: $300 - $500
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942-) ACROSS CANADA BY CP RAIL (MODEL MODERN MESSAGE); COLOUR SILKSCREEN 7/10; TITLED, SIGNED AND DATED '70 Image 25.5" x 36" - 63.8 x 90 cm.
Waddington's
Jul. 12, 2012
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942-) TOUR DE FORCE;
Est: $350 - $450
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942-) TOUR DE FORCE; COLOUR SERIGRAPH; SIGNED AND NUMBERED 30/100 IN PENCIL LOWER RIGHT Sight 29.5" x 19.5" - 74.9 x 49.5 cm.
Waddington's
May. 25, 2012
CHARLES PACHTER THE PAINTED FLAG, oil on canvas; signed and dated '84 26 ins x 24 ins; 65 cms x 60 cms Provenance: Private Collection, Toronto. Literature: Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, Charles Pachter, Toronto, 1992, pages 71, 84, 86-87 and colour plates
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
CHARLES PACHTER THE PAINTED FLAG, oil on canvas; signed and dated '84 26 ins x 24 ins; 65 cms x 60 cms Provenance: Private Collection, Toronto. Literature: Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, Charles Pachter, Toronto, 1992, pages 71, 84, 86-87 and colour plates 88-91 for other works from the artist's "The Painted Flag" series. Note: Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov discusses the Toronto artist's beginnings in depicting Canada's flag and the comparison of Pachter's "The Painted Flag" series to the depictions of the American flag by contemporary American artist, Jasper Johns: "In June of 1980, Pachter began a series of paintings which later eclipsed his streetcar and queen on moose themes in capturing the public imagination. After building an improvised flagpole on his Oro farm, he observed the different configurations produced by the rippling flag in rapid succession. He photographed hundreds of variations for later reference. This approach was different from that of American artist Jasper Johns, whose unmodulated grid-like studies of the American flag were seen less as patriotic symbols than as points of departure for formal abstractions. In contrast, Pachter painted the Canadian flag hovering in the air, observed from various angles and distances with emphasis on light and shadow. In variations on this theme, Pachter alternated the scale of the flag to pole, or abandoned the pole altogether. He also introduced different background shades of blue and improbable hues such as black and pink, suffusing "The Painted Flags" with an aura that extended far beyond the moment captured."
Waddington's
May. 17, 2012
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942- ) CANADIAN FLAG;
Est: $300 - $400
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942- ) CANADIAN FLAG; COLOUR SERIGRAPH; NUMBERED 60/100 LOWER LEFT; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT Sight 29.5" x 21.5" - 74.9 x 54.6 cm.
Waddington's
Mar. 15, 2012
CHARLES PACHTER
Est: $700 - $900
CHARLES PACHTER STREETCAR ELEGY, colour silkscreen; signed, titled, dated /72 and inscribed "A/P", unframed 22 ins x 27 ins; 55 cms x 67.5 cms
Waddington's
Mar. 15, 2012
CHARLES PACHTER
Est: $700 - $900
CHARLES PACHTER IT'S ONLY A PAPER MAN, colour silkscreen; signed, titled, dated '69 and numbered 1/9, unframed 28 ins x 22 ins; 70 cms x 55 cms
Waddington's
Mar. 08, 2012
CHARLES PACHTER, RED BARN REFLECTED, 36" x 48" - 90 x 120 cm.
Est: $25,000 - $30,000
CHARLES PACHTER, RED BARN REFLECTED, signed and dated /03, 36" x 48" - 90 x 120 cm.Provenance: Private Collection, Toronto.Note: Charles Pachter is one of Canada's leading and most celebrated contemporary artists. His paintings of the maple leaf flag, the Queen and moose have become pop icons in Canada. Pachter's work is humorous and often ironic, escaping intellectualism and enamoured of the graphic image. His work is in most of the major public and corporate collections in Canada and his flag paintings are displayed in the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Canadian Embassy in Washington.
Waddington's
Feb. 16, 2012
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942- ) MOOSE PLUNGE;
Est: $150 - $250
CHARLES PACHTER (CANADIAN, 1942- ) MOOSE PLUNGE; COLOUR SERIGRAPH; SIGNED, TITLED AND NUMBERED 11/100 IN PENCIL Sight 26" x 15.8" - 66 x 40.1 cm.
Waddington's
Oct. 12, 2011
CHARLES PACHTER CAR
Est: $300 - $500
Canadian ~ born 1942 Evening Car Serigraph, signed, titled dated '72 & inscribed AP 12 x 18 IN
Walker's
Sep. 22, 2011
CHARLES PACHTER SIX FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE, colour
Est: $400 - $600
CHARLES PACHTER SIX FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE, colour serigraph; signed, titled, numbered "47/50" and inscribed "a/p" 17 ins x 26 ins; 42.5 cms x 65 cms
Waddington's
May. 27, 2011
CHARLES PACHTER, MOOSAMOUR, baked enamel on aluminum, height height 24 ins; 60 cms
Est: $4,000 - $5,000
CHARLES PACHTER, MOOSAMOUR, baked enamel on aluminum; mounted and signed on a granite base. height height 24 ins; 60 cms. Provenance: Private Collection, Toronto. Literature: Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, Charles Pachter, Toronto, 1992, colour plates 48, 51, 53, 55, 59, 60-66, and 131 for works featuring imagery of the Moose. Note: Moosamour is a three-dimensional representation of the majestic and unmistakable silhouette of Charles Pachter's iconic moose, the animal standing tall with its hooves submerged in a stream, the blue- green grain of the granite base representing flowing water beneath the towering creature. Pachter's steel and granite moose sculptures are featured in important collections across Canada and internationally. The commanding three-dimensional works are installed in numerous public spaces, including two corten steel works on the University of Toronto campus, with additional works installed at Norway Point on Lake of Bays, Inniskillin Winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa-Durham. We extend our thanks to Charles Pachter for providing important information in the cataloguing of this work.
Waddington's
May. 27, 2011
CHARLES PACHTER, TOUR DE FORCE, acrylic on canvas, 30 ins x 24 ins; 75 cms x 60 cms
Est: $15,000 - $18,000
CHARLES PACHTER, TOUR DE FORCE, acrylic on canvas; signed and dated /08. 30 ins x 24 ins; 75 cms x 60 cms. Provenance: Private Collection, Toronto.Literature: Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, Charles Pachter, Toronto, 1992, colour plates 48, 51, 53, 55, 59, 60-66 and 131 for works featuring imagery of the Moose.Pachter, Charles, M Is For Moose: A Charles Pachter Alphabet, Toronto, 2008, n.p., reproduced in colour (representing "Q is for Queen, trooping the colour.")Note: At the 1947 Canadian National Exhibition, a young Charles Pachter came face to face with a powerful but peaceful animal that would have a lasting effect on the artist's life and work. For close to forty years, the moose has been a signature subject for Pachter, the "Monarch of the North" having become a true icon of Canadian Pop Art. Pachter, in "M Is For Moose," describes some of the experiences which led him to develop his unique and powerful depictions of his Canada, remembering "when I was a fine arts student in university, it was often suggested to me by patronizing professors that the Canada of my imagination was not as important as the iconography from other places. If it came from elsewhere, it was consequential. If it came from here, not. So I began to draw, paint, and make prints in which I wanted to make Canada look cool, elegant, interesting, even "glamorous," and put it on a level playing field with all those other countries I was told were more worthy of notice. My experience was similar to that of many other visual artists, composers, and writers. Each of us has created a Canada that is unique, based on our accumulated life experiences, where we happen to live, who our friends are." While Pachter's earlier paintings of the moose usually depicted the animal along with the Queen, he eventually came to focus on it as a solitary icon. The dancing silhouette of the moose made its first appearance in 1975's Look Out Barbara Ann. However it was Tour De Force I, 1987 which first depicted the agile creature in an urban setting, atop the second level of a concrete diving platform. Tour De Force II followed in 1988, depicting the moose carefully but confidently walking a tightrope above Toronto's CN Tower. With Tour De Force I and II, Welsh-Ovcharov called the two paintings Pachter's "zenith with moose imagery", noting that both works "confirm the undaunted determination of the monarch of the north to establish its domain within urban Canada by a display of sure-footed acrobatic ability, leaving its subjects awestruck". We extend our thanks to Charles Pachter for providing important information in the cataloguing of this work.
Waddington's
May. 26, 2011
CHARLES PACHTER B. 1942
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
CHARLES PACHTER B. 1942 LOOKOUT 2009 signed and dated lower right Pachter '09; titled and dated on the reverse acrylic on canvas 91.4 by 121.9 cm. 36 by 48 in.
Sotheby's
May. 17, 2011
Charles Pachter 1942 - Canadian acrylic on canvas
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
Charles Pachter 1942 - Canadian acrylic on canvas Flag 36 x 24 inches 91.4 x 61 centimeters signed and dated 1998 and on verso signed and dated Provenance:Private Collection, Toronto Charles Pachter began The Painted Flag series in 1980, beginning with studies of his own Canadian flag mounted on an improvised pole on his southern Ontario farm. His first exhibition of large flag paintings took place in 1981 in a remarkable space - a former supermarket, transformed by the artist into what was probably the first art gallery to settle on Toronto's Queen Street West strip. Pachter has returned to this subject often since then, and his depictions of it have evolved into true portraits of a significant Canadian symbol. He has captured the myriad wind-borne movements of the cloth rectangle, sometimes allowing it to fly free of its anchoring pole, turning it in all directions and placing it on minimalist backdrops ranging from brilliant blue to sombre black. In this work, the viewer stands far below the flag, making it seem a delicate swatch of fabric struggling to free itself from the towering, foreshortened flagpole.
Heffel
May. 17, 2011
Charles Pachter 1942 - Canadian acrylic and pastel
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
Charles Pachter 1942 - Canadian acrylic and pastel on canvas Love Pat 24 x 35 3/4 inches 61 x 90.8 centimeters signed and on verso signed Literature:Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, Charles Pachter, 1992, page 1 Provenance:Private Collection, Toronto Charles Pachter's aesthetic persona is eloquently summed up by Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, the author of the monograph devoted to the first 30 years of his career: "With continuing grand gestures infrequently seen in the often skeptical Canadian art world, he has staked out cultural territory of his own and celebrated it unabashedly. Much of his work is an apparent contradiction, for he is a serious-minded humourist.....he possesses the gift to be poignant and roguish at once." Published in 1992, that statement still provides an apt introduction to Pachter's images, so many of which - like his 1972 painting, Noblesse Oblige: Queen on Moose - have endured as iconic symbols of the culture and personality of Canada. In this more recent take on two of Canada's symbols of majesty, Pachter's image invites us to imagine a warm greeting between a citizen-beast and a smiling Queen, both sporting their finest headgear, set against a reminder of this country's cold northern landscape.
Heffel
Nov. 22, 2010
CHARLES PACHTERMOOSAMOUR
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
CHARLES PACHTERMOOSAMOUR, baked enamel on aluminumheight 59 ins; 147.5 cmsProvenance: Private Collection, Toronto.
Waddington's
Nov. 22, 2010
CHARLES PACHTERRED BARN REFLECTED
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
CHARLES PACHTERRED BARN REFLECTED, acrylic on canvas, signed and dated /0324 ins x 30 ins; 60 cms x 75 cmsProvenance: Private Collection, Toronto.
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