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[Click to enlarge]Japan 1972Oil on canvas72 x 288 inches
John MEREDITHEdmund ALLEYNMarcel BARBEAULéon BELLEFLEURPierre de Ligny BOUDREAUPaul-Emile BORDUASUlysse COMTOISJean DALLAIREPaterson EWENHenriette FAUTEUX MASSEMarcelle FERRONCharles GAGNONPierre GAUVREAULise GERVAISGroup of SEVENJacques HURTUBISEJohn Franklin KOENIGFernand LEDUCJean LEFEBURERita LETENDREAlexandra LUKEMarcelle MALTAISJean MCEWENGuy MICHONGuido MOLINARIJean-Guy MONGEAUJean-Paul MOUSSEAUKazuo NAKAMURAJean-Paul RIOPELLEPLASTICIENSWilliam RONALDAnne SAVAGEJohn SCOTTMarian Dale SCOTTFrançois SOUCYClaude TOUSIGNANTHarold TOWNDavid URBANYork WILSON
JAPAN 1972 Oil on canvas 72 x 288 inches 3 Panels each 72 x 96 inches
Provenance: Isaacs Gallery, Toronto Art Bank, Ottawa
Exhibitions: John Meredith December 5 - December 29 1973, Isaacs Gallery, Toronto. John Meredith: Fifteen Years October 26 - November 29 1974 Art Gallery of Ontario and circulating to the Vancouver Art Gallery, Winnepeg Art Gallery and four other venues. Contemporary Canadian Painters, an exhibition of works from the Canada Council Art Bank presented by the Department of Exernal Affairs of Canada,circulating 1976-1977: Canadian Cultural Centre Paris, The National Gallery of New Zealand and 11 other major institutions in Canada, Australia and England.
Literature: Reid, Dennis, A Concise History of Canadian Painting: Second Edition Toronto Oxford Univ. 1988. pg 383. "Japan of 1972 - a huge triptych over seven meters - wide looks as though its dense black washes where thrown on in a frenzy during a passing thunderstorm, yet every subtle twist and turn of the brush is evident in the original ink study." Kay Kritzwiser, Globe and Mail. Sat Dec. 8, 1973: "In Japan, a three-part painting, there is brutal black and white imagery in the first section, for Meredith's black slashes move up and across the triptych, like an inescapable sword. In Toshiro, there are some remarkably peaceful areas of gentle color. We need this contrasting serenity, for Meredith's scale seems to be reaching out with massive energy. His energy in his paintings is like a black comet creating a backwash, those dragged back lines now a Meredith signature." Sol Littman, Toronto Daily Star. Fri. Dec 20, 1973: "Meredith also makes a new use of black to outline, to anchor and to give bulk and mood to his strong reds and yellows." Art Gallery of Ontario John Meredith: Fifteen Years exhibition catalogue 1973, no.19.
Illustrated: Art Gallery of Ontario John Meredith: Fifteen Years exhibition catalogue 1973, no.19 illustrated full page. Exile : a literary quarterly vol. 1 no 3, York Unversity 1973, full color gatefold between pg. 88-89. Contemporary Canadian Painters, an exhibition of works from the Canada Council Art Bank presented by the Department of Exernal Affairs of Canada,circulating 1976-1977.Exhibition catalogue. Art in Architecture, Art for the built enviroment in the Provence of Ontario, Visual Arts Ontario. Parkin, Jeanne, Toronto, 1982, pg. 226.
An undisputed masterpiece by Meredith and possibly his most important painting. Price on application.
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