Artist Don Toney
Title Elegance in Motion #10/18
Media bronze sculpture
Dated
1985
Size 10 x 13.5 x 9 in. / 25.4 x 34.3 x 22.9 cm.
Sold $1,100
Estimate $800 - $1,200
Notes
signed, dated and numbered along bottom; bears title on plaque; on wooden plinth measuring [2.25 x 14 x 10 in]
Provenance
Canada House Gallery, Banff, label on bottom; from the Estate of Dr. Joan Snyder with proceeds to support the University of Calgary
Biographical Information
Don Toney ~ [b.1954] Canadian
Don Toney grew up on a cattle ranch in the foothills near Pincher Creek, Alberta. After majoring in fine arts at the University of Lethbridge for two years he apprenticed briefly with sculptor Leon Levesque. He set up his own foundry in 1979 and has worked as a full-time artist since.
for more biographical information and examples of work see Webster Galleries; see also a 2021 article at
Lethbridge Herald
listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, see website at Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN]