Lot 125: GERTRUDE KEARNS B. 1950

GERTRUDE KEARNS B. 1950 BLUE YELLOW BLACK # 4 signed, titled and dated GERTRUDE KEARNS, (TORONTO) and blue yellow black # 4, 1993 on the reverse oil on canvas 149.9 by 104.1 cm. 59 by 41 in.

Private Collection, Toronto

Kearns is a multi-talented artist executing both portraits and abstract compositions. Her portraits of the Canadian Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda, Romeo Dallaire, painted on camouflage material created international interest and are in the collection of Canada's War Museum in Ottawa.