Artwork for Sale
Kissing Bridge (West Montrose, Ontario), 1996
59.1 x 93.3 cm
Inscriptions
signed, inscribed and dated, ‘Danby / © ‘96’ (lower right)Provenance
Estate of the artist
Exhibitions
Toronto, Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Ken Danby : New Paintings, October 24 - November 24, 1998.
Guelph, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, University of Guelph, Ken Danby, December 2002.
Hamilton, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Beyond the Crease: Ken Danby, October 22, 2016 - January 15, 2017.Literature
Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Ken Danby: New Paintings (Guelph: Mill Studios Corporation, 1998), 50 [reproduced].
Ihor Holubizky et al., Beyond the Crease: Ken Danby (Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2016), 120-121 [reproduced].
In the exhibition catalogue Ken Danby: New Paintings, Danby reflects on the Kissing Bridge, a local landmark:
“This is the only covered bridge in Ontario, and it's just 15 minutes from our home. It's called Kissing Bridge because so many vehicles tend to pause within it rather than drive straight through... kind of a tradition. I've often thought about having a skate under this historical landmark, but every time I've dropped by with this in mind the ice has been unsafe. I decided to envision such an occasion by including myself within the work.” [1]
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Footnotes:
[1] Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Ken Danby : New Paintings (Guelph: Mill Studios Corporation, 1998), 50
