Artist Katie von der Ohe
Title Shelly
Media fired clay and oil based patina
Dated 1985
Size 20 x 12 x 11.25 in. / 50.8 x 30.5 x 28.6 cm.

Place Absentee Bid Share Share

Notes
signed and dated on bottom of base; on wooden base measuring [3.75 x 7.75 x 7.5 in]; small repair done by artist in sitter's fringe

Reference
illustrated on page 63 of Katie Ohe, published by the Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, 1991)

Provenance
private collection, Calgary

Biographical Information
Katie von der Ohe ~ [b.1937] Canadian ASA, RCA
Ohe is one of the founders of Kiyooka Ohe Art Centre and Sculpture Park in Springbank, Alberta. KOAC is a contemporary art centre founded by Katie with Harry Kiyooka where visitors can view an impressive collection of outdoor sculptures while enjoying the sanctuary of the natural environment. For extensive biographical information and examples of the artist's work see koartscentre.org
See Katie Ohe, by Richard Gordon, published by Alberta College of Art, 1991; Katie Ohe: Ethos, Now and Then, published by Herringer Kiss Gallery, 2015; included in The Shell Canada Collection, by Basil Shammas, pg. 39, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977; Artists of Alberta, by Suzanne Devonshire Baker, pg. 36, University of Alberta Press, 1980; Founders of the Alberta College of Art, by Valerie Greenfield, pg. 95, 1986; Alberta Society of Artists, the First Seventy Five Years, by Kathy E. Zimon, plate 59, University of Calgary Press, 2000; biographies in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by Anthony R. Westbridge, Vol. 3, pg. 60, Westbridge Publishing, 2001 and Dictionary of Canadian Artists, by Colin MacDonald, Vol. 5, pg. 1428; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website at app.pch.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/description-about.app?lang=en