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• Auction House:
  Leonard Joel
• Sale Name:
  Fine Art
• Sale Date:
  15 Sep 2015 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  43
• Lot Description:
  Criss Canning
  (born 1947)
  Coral Gum Blossom 1989
  oil on canvas
  76 x 86cm
  signed lower right: Criss/Canning
• Provenance:
  The Melbourne Art Exchange, Melbourne 1989 Private collection, Melbourne Thence by descent
• Exhibited:
  Criss Canning, The Melbourne Art Exchange, Melbourne, 19 - 29 October 1989, cat. no. 20 Kalianthi: The Art of Criss Canning, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 9 February - 13 May 2007 Kalianthi: The Art of Criss Canning, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 4 July-19 August 2007
• References:
  Criss Canning, The Melbourne Art Exchange, Melbourne, 1989, pp.19-20 (illus.) Thomas, D., Criss Canning: The Pursuit of Beauty, Macmillan, Melbourne 2007, p. 53 (illus.) Zimmer, J. and K. McGregor, Criss Canning, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2010, p. 61 (illus.), 185
• Notes:
  In Criss Canning’s principal monograph, David Thomas noted how the artists 'is not a fast painter, her paintings taking an enormous amount of time and energy ... It took nearly two years to complete the twenty-eight paintings for the 1989 exhibition at the Melbourne Art Exchange [where the present work was first shown].’ In the lead-up to the solo exhibition, Canning discussed her modus operandi: ‘Painting for me is very much a ‘feeling’ thing […] I begin by sketching the design in paint, with a little medium added. Working directly from the objects arranged before me, I paint each of the things featured in their order of importance, completing each before going onto the next. It is necessary to be conscious to the balance and harmonies I want to achieve in the overall finished work.'
• Estimate:
  A$25,000 - 35,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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