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Flowers by Joseph Sleep
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Flowers by Joseph Sleep
Estimate:
CA$3,000 - CA$5,000
Sold
CA$3,250
Live Auction
Canadiana & Folk Art Featuring the Jim Fleming, Marty Osler, Susan Murray and Laing Collections
ARTIST
Joseph Sleep (1914-1978) grew up in Saint John, New Brunswick. He spent his life working in the fishing industry and as a jack-of-all-trades before becoming a worker for the 'Bill Lynch Shows' travelling carnival. It was not until 1973, when Sleep was hospitalized at the Halifax Infirmary, that he discovered his passion for drawing. The nurses requested he draw posters for them, and provided him with paper and art supplies - a gesture which started him on his late-life career as a painter. He later opened a small art studio on Argyle Street in Halifax. His folk art pieces incorporated many materials including latex, cardboard, canvas, masonite, felt markers and even spray paint. Work by Joe Sleep is included in the collections of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Dalhousie University Art Gallery, National Gallery of Canada and the Canadian Museum of History.
Size
Frame: 27 3/4" x 27 1/2" x 1". Sight: 23 1/2" x 23 1/2".
Category
Folk Art
Description
Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1977. Oil on board. A graphically strong, highly stylized, and brightly painted image of what appears to be a composition of tulips and daisies by Nova Scotia master Joe Sleep. Painted on a white ground set against a red, yellow, orange and blue quatrefoil background. Displayed in a partially painted and distressed wooden frame. Signed lower right, "Joseph Sleep 1977".
Condition
Very good condition.
Provenance
From the Marty Osler Collection.
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