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Original inventory list for Coughtry's 1959 solo exhibition at Greenwich Gallery, Toronto
Original inventory list for Coughtry's 1959 solo exhibition at Greenwich Gallery, Toronto
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1959 São Paulo Biennial catalogue listing works by Coughtry in the Canadian Pavilion
1959 São Paulo Biennial catalogue listing works by Coughtry in the Canadian Pavilion
John Graham Coughtry Canadian, 1931-1999
Moonlit Interior, 1958
Oil and lucite on canvas
48 x 54 in.
121.9 x 137.2 cm.
121.9 x 137.2 cm.
Signed "Coughtry" lower right
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Provenance
Greenwich Gallery, TorontoAcquired from the 1958 Carnegie International, Pittsburgh
Expositions
São Paulo, São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, V Bienal de São Paulo, 1959Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Carnegie International #107, 1958 (label verso)
In a 1961 article on Coughtry published in Canadian Art, critic Robert Fulford wrote that 'among the best Coughtry paintings... are those thick, warm interiors of 1957 and 1958, in...
In a 1961 article on Coughtry published in Canadian Art, critic Robert Fulford wrote that "among the best Coughtry paintings... are those thick, warm interiors of 1957 and 1958, in which he conveyed superbly the visual equivalent of the feeling, or touch, of the materials that attracted him - cloth, wood, flesh. Those rich, glowing canvases, with their softly combined reds and blues, translated the message of impressionism into the language of mid-century North America." (Robert Fulford, "A Survey of the Work of 24 Young Canadian Artists," Canadian Art no. 71 (Jan/Feb 1961), p. 20)
