Artist: William Kurelek Title: Evening Chore in the Maritimes Date: 1974 Medium: lithograph Edition: O.S. II Paper Size: 28” x 22.25”
Condition note: Small area of light yellowish discolouration in the upper margin of the sheet, above the image, as indicated in the second image.
This colour lithograph, titled Evening Chore in the Maritimes, is one of ten prints produced with William Kurelek at Open Studio between 1973 and 1976.
This signed print is the second of four Open Studio Proofs originally assigned to the Open Studio print archive. The numbered edition was originally published in an edition of 50 by Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, and printed at Open Studio with Don Holman, then Director of Lithography. Holman’s embossed artist’s chop is visible in the bottom right corner of the paper.
This proof is a two-colour version of the lithograph.
Signature: W. Kurelek, bottom right. Provenance: Open Studio print archive. Publisher: Isaacs Gallery, Toronto.
