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Lot 110: DONOVAN CHESTER - Untitled - Raku

Est: $170 CAD - $220 CADPassed
Saskatchewan Network for Art CollectingRegina, SK, CANovember 22, 2014

Item Overview

Description

DONOVAN CHESTER (Canadian, 1940-) "Untitled - Raku" 2002. Raku Pottery. Signed and dated on bottom. 3 x 14.75 x 14.7 in. 7.62 x 37.47 x 37.47 cm)

Dimensions

3 x 14.75 x 14.7 in. 7.62 x 37.47 x 37.47 cm)

Artist or Maker

Medium

Raku Pottery

Condition Report

Excellent condition

Notes

Donovan Chester was born near Carievale, in south-east Saskatchewan in 1940. He initially studied to be a teacher at the University of Saskatchewan's Regina campus (1963-1965), but then decided to take art classes at the same institution, including pottery classes with Jack Sures (1965-1969). Chester also participated in a 1969 workshop at Emma Lake, Saskatchewan with Michael Steiner. A year spent as assistant curator at Regina's Dunlop Art Gallery preceded a long career in teaching at the University of Saskatchewan's Regina campus, continuing with the University of Regina as the institution evolved. Beginning in 1969, Chester served as a sessional lecturer in pottery, later an instructor, and then a senior assistant in the Fine Arts and Humanities Division of the university's Department of Extension. Chester left the university in 1987 to devote himself to his art full-time. Since Chester's first solo exhibition at the Dunlop Art Gallery in 1969, he has exhibited across Canada. Though he began as a painter, in the mid-1970s Chester returned to the clay he had studied at the University of Regina. Chester practices raku, a Japanese ceramic form dating back to the 16th century. Pieces are molded and then air dried and glazed before going into a 1000-degree raku kiln for a brief period, and then placed in a sealed box of wood shavings. Here, the shavings burn using the oxygen from the pots—a process that changes the glaze and alters the pots' colours. Chester's work is represented in the collections of the Canada Council Art Bank (Ottawa), Dunlop Art Gallery (Regina), MacKenzie Art Gallery (Regina), Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon), Edmonton Art Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Musee du Quebec (Quebec City), Saskatchewan Arts Board, Winnipeg Art Gallery, University of Regina, and the Saskatchewan Craft Council. Chester lives and works in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Payment & Shipping

Payment

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Shipping

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Auction Details

Terms

Buyer's Premium

16.0%

Bidding Increments

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$25,000+$2,500

Extended Bidding

5 minutes/bid

Terms

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Payment

PAYMENT should be made in full on the day of the sale and must be made within 5 days of the sale by email transfer, cheque, PayPal, cash, Visa, MasterCard, or bank draft, unless other arrangements have been made with the auctioneer prior to the sale.

Shipping

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