Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Aunt Cow
Media glazed ceramic sculpture
Dated 1973
Size 8 x 20.5 x 13 in. / 20.3 x 52.1 x 33 cm.

Place Absentee Bid Share Share

Notes
signed and dated on bottom; repair on her left ear noted

Reference
illustrated on the cover of and included in Moo... A Souvenir Album of Joe Fafard's Pensées exhibited at the Glenbow-Alberta Gallery, Calgary, September 1 to 30, 1973; exhibition catalogue included with lot)

Provenance
purchased directly from the artist circa 1974 following the Glenbow-Alberta Gallery exhibition; private collection, Calgary

Biographical Information
Joseph [Joe] Fafard ~ [1942-2019] Canadian
Nationally and internationally acclaimed artist, Joe Fafard, was born September 2, 1942 to French-Canadian parents in the small agricultural community of Ste. Marthe, Saskatchewan and passed away peacefully at home on his farm near Lumsden on March 16th, 2019. Joe attended the University of Manitoba (BFA 1966) and Pennsylvania State University (MFA 1968). He was at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina from 1968–1974 and visiting lecturer at the University of California at Davis in 1980-1981. During his lifetime, Joe Fafard was a distinguished full-time artist and sculptor who lived his entire life on the Canadian Prairie; for more biographical information and examples of his work see artist's website at www.joefafard.com
see A Souvenir Album of Joe Fafard's Pensees, published by Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1973; Joe Fafard, Cows and Other Luminaries 1977-1987, by Matthew Teitelbaum, published by Mendel Art Gallery, 1987; Joe Fafard: The Bronze Years published by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1996; Joe Fafard, by Terrence Heath, published by National Gallery of Canada, 2007; Joe Fafard: Retailles, by Jennifer McRorie and Kim Houghtaling, published by Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery, 2016; Joe Fafard, 'Til the Cows Come Home, by Terrence Heath, Slate Fine Art Gallery, 2017; included in Visions, Contemporary Art in Canada, edited by Russell Keziere, pg. 128, 1984; National Gallery of Canada Vol. 1 A-F, edited by Charles C. Hill, pg. 304, 1988; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by Anthony R. Westbridge, Vol. 1, pg. 108, published by Westbridge, 1999; biographies in Saskatchewan: Art and Artists, by Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, pg. 29, 1971; Biographical Dictionary Of Saskatchewan Artists - Men, by Marketa Newman, pg. 86, published by Fifth House, 1994; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN]