Artist Derek Michael Besant
Title Entrance
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1982
Size 30.5 x 27 in. / 77.5 x 68.6 cm.

Notes
unsigned; bears artist's name, title and date on gallery label verso; framed with archival mat

Provenance
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, label verso; corporate collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$150-$250

Artist Derek Michael Besant
Title Diagram #1-4 #A/P II
Media mixed media on paper
Dated 1986
Size 12 x 17.75 in. / 30.5 x 45.1 cm.

Notes
LOT OF FOUR; all signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; sizes vary; unframed

Reference
prints from the ATP Suite, 1986

Provenance
from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Derek Michael Besant
Title Close Range #2/5
Media digital print on paper
Size 25.75 x 36.25 in. / 65.4 x 92.1 cm.

Notes
ESTIMATED RETAIL VALUE $1,500 - signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop along bottom; unframed; small tear in margin noted

Reference
PLEASE NOTE: This lot was sold in an online benefit auction where all proceeds went to the Whyte Museum in Banff, Alberta and there was no Buyer's Premium.; A Professor of Visual Arts at The Alberta College of Art + Design from 1977-2017, Besant has created prints, watercolours and large-scale art, shown in exhibitions and as public art projects in Canada and abroad. Since the mid-1990s, he has worked with the new technology available in photographic imaging to create experimental prints and print installations. According to the artist: For several years, I've witnessed how during our winters in southern Alberta, the abundant snowfall in Calgary results in overnight snowploughing of outdoor shopping mall parking lots into the 'mountains'. Exposure to our elements of Chinook winds, more blizzards, sunshine as Spring approaches creates similar topographical effects on these 'mountains' so they reflect the same weather conditions shown in our actual Rocky Mountains. Without the road sign...

Provenance
Generously donated by Derek Besant
Estimate CAD$750-$1,500

Artist Derek Michael Besant
Title Diagram #2 #16/30
Media etching and collage on paper
Dated 1986
Size 11.75 x 18.75 in. / 29.8 x 47.6 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
Esso Corporate Resources, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Derek Michael Besant
Title Waterfall
Media mixed media collage on paper board
Size 19.5 x 33.5 in. / 49.5 x 85.1 cm.

Notes
signed and titled verso; framed

Provenance
corporate collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist Derek Michael Besant
Title Clip Joint
Media mixed media on paper
Size 32.25 x 27.25 in. / 81.9 x 69.2 cm.

Notes
bears artist's name and title on label verso; framed with plexiglass

Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist Derek Michael Besant
Title Blind Corner #1
Media watercolour and ink on paper
Dated 1978
Size 16.25 x 21.75 in. / 41.3 x 55.2 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower left; artist's name and title on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Derek Michael Besant
Title Design 3 #A/P VI
Media etching and collage on paper
Dated 1986
Size 13.25 x 17.75 x 1 in. / 33.7 x 45.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed

Provenance
purchased directly from the artist, Calgary
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Derek Michael Besant
Title Untitled - Intersection #3
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1984
Size 32.5 x 32.75 x 1 in. / 82.6 x 83.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower centre

Estimate CAD$500-$700