Artist Catherine Moffat
Title Beginnings
Media watercolour on paper
Size 12.25 x 12.5 in. / 31.1 x 31.8 cm.
Frame Size 21.75 x 21.75 x 1 in.
Estimate $300 - $500
Notes
signed lower right; signed, titled and inscribed 'I admire many Oriental objects for their combined beauty and function. The objected represented in the composition are things an artist would assemble when beginning a painting. In the old Chinese ink dish are a bamboo-handled brush and cover, and a decorated ink stick. Beside the bowl is a marble block into which the artist's signature is carved, and then inked and stamped on the completed painting.' verso; framed with archival mat
Provenance
West End Gallery, Edmonton, label verso; private collection, British Columbia
Biographical Information
Catherine Moffat ~ [20th century] Canadian
represented by The Avenue Gallery, Oak Bay, and The Peninsula Gallery, Sidney, British Columbia; see artist's website at www.catherinemoffat.com for biography and other examples of her work