Monotype in colors on paper by Sybil Kennedy – Women and children circa 1960

Original monotype by Sybil Kennedy – Women and children circa 1960

Monotype in colors on paper signed by the artist in white pastel on lower right – On the back it bears gallery label of the Dominion Gallery, Montreal and inscriptions.

This artwork is a unique work

Artwork is in its original frame.

Dimensions: With frame: 43.5 x 36 cm – 17.2 x 14.2 in – Image: 21.5 x 18.2 cm – 8.5 x 7.2 in.

Provenance: Dominion Gallery, Montreal – Private collection Georgeville, Qc, Canada

Price: 400,00 $ CAD (Canadian dollars)

Note: A monotype is an artistic technique that lies at the intersection of painting and printmaking.

It involves painting or drawing an image directly onto a smooth, non-absorbent surface, such as a glass, metal, plexiglass, or acrylic plate, and then transferring this still-fresh image onto a sheet of paper, either by hand or using a printing press.

A unique work: Unlike traditional printmaking, such as lithography or etching, which allows for the production of a large number of identical copies, a monotype generally results in only a single original print, hence the prefix “mono.”

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Sybil KENNEDY (1899 – 1986)

Sybil Kennedy was born in Quebec City in 1899 and died in Montreal in 1986. She was a Canadian sculptor and painter. Although she also painted, she is primarily known for her figurative and stylized bronze sculptures.

She studied with the Canadian painter William Brymner in Montreal, and later continued her studies in New York with John Sloan at the Art Students League and with the renowned sculptor Alexander Archipenko.

She lived and worked between Montreal and New York, which allowed her to become part of both the Canadian and American art scenes.

Her works are both figurative and stylized. She favoured elongated forms and slightly distorted proportions to express the inner essence and emotion of her human subjects.

Paintings and drawings: although her pictorial output is much rarer on the market and in museum archives than her bronzes, a few paintings exist, such as her 1919 Portrait of Ivo Francis Walter Bligh.

She won the Huntington Prize from the National Association of Women Artists in 1941, followed by the Amelia Peabody Award in 1948.

She represented Canada in the sculpture category at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Her works were exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 1951, at the first open-air exhibitions on Île Sainte-Hélène from 1956 to 1957, as well as at the Quebec Provincial Art Exhibition and the Storm King Art Center in New York State.

Documentary files on her career are also held by the National Gallery of Canada.

Sources: Wikipedia – Gallery archives