Lot 50
HAROLD BARLING TOWN, R.C.A.
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Literature:
Denise Leclerc, The Crisis of Abstraction in Canada: the 1950s, National Gallery of Canada, 1992, pages 60-61.
Note:
Town’s early interest in cubism led him to collage. From the mid-50s on, Town produced as Leclerc notes: “...an impressive body of work in this medium,” and in her view, “...ranks among the first Canadians to have turned collage into a serious pursuit.” She continues: “Since most major public galleries acquired his collages, it was primarily this medium that assured his national standing.”