Lot 62: DOROTHY KNOWLES - Summer Day

DOROTHY KNOWLES (Canadian, 1927-) “Summer Day” 1984 - Limited edition silkscreen print 85/90. Signed lower right, titled, dated and editioned in lower margin, unframed, 22 x 29 in. This silkscreen print is part of the "Homage to Jack Bush" suite of prints created in 1984 by several Canadian artists. Note that an Ontario gallery currently has print 67/90 available on its website for $2,200.

22 x 29 in

Limited edition print 85/90

Excellent condition. This work has never been mounted or displayed.

Saskatchewan NAC bio: Dorothy Knowles was born in 1927 in the small rural community of Unity, Saskatchewan. In 1948, a friend suggested that she take a summer art course at Emma Lake, and Knowles became inspired to pursue painting as a career.

Knowles continued to study painting, first at the University of Saskatchewan with Eli Bornstein and Nicholas Bjelejac (1948-1952), and then at the Goldsmith School of Art in London, England (1951), and the Banff School in the summer of 1952. She subsequently attended a number of workshops with painters and art critics, including Herman Cherry (1961), Clement Greenberg (1962), and Lawrence Alloway (1965). Until 1969, Knowles was a regular participant at workshops at Emma Lake. Knowles's first show was in 1954 at the Saskatoon Art Centre, and she has since had exhibitions across Canada and in the United States. Her work was included in the 7th Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting at the National Gallery of Canada (1968), and in the Hirshhorn Museum of the Smithsonian Institution's exhibit “14 Canadians: A Critic's Choice” (1977). In 1983, her work was part of a group exhibition called “Five From Saskatchewan” that traveled to London, Paris, and Brussels.

Knowles was awarded the Medal of Saskatchewan in 1987 and received the Order of Canada in 2004. She received an honorary degree from the University of Regina in 1994.