This dynamic Gershon Iskowitz (1921-1988) screenprint is an atypical output for the artist.
The work belongs to a series of posters created especially for Browndale, a Canadian therapeutic organization founded in 1966 by social worker John L. Brown. The project brought together six prominent Canadian artists—Iskowitz, John Graham Coughtry, John MacGregor, Robert Markle, Gordon Rayner, and Harold Town—in an intersection of contemporary art and social advocacy.
Iskowitz’s contribution is particularly striking within the context of his broader practice. Rather than the floating, abstract colour forms that characterized his paintings of the 1960s and 1970s, the artist presents a lush, almost realistic image of a leafy tree. Yet the scene remains unmistakably Iskowitzian in its treatment of colour and light.
The foliage dissolves into hundreds of small, luminous touches of green, blue, yellow, white, and earth tones, creating an image that hovers between recognizable nature and painterly abstraction. The effect echoes Iskowitz’s enduring fascination with the visual sensations of the Canadian landscape, the subtle shifts in shape and colour remeniscent of his painted abstractions.
This poster occupies an unusual place within Iskowitz’s oeuvre. Unlike many of his contemporaries, especially in the United States, Iskowitz did not delve into printmaking. This work, along with "Midnight No. 2" are some of his only known prints.
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“Treescape" (for Browndale)
Canada, 1972
Screenprint
Signed and numbered "39/50" in pencil below image with letters: "THIS SERIES OF POSTERS BY CANADIAN ARTISTS CREATED ESPEICALLY FOR BROWNDALE. COUGHTRY, ISKOWITZ, MACGREGOR, MARKLE, RAYNER, TOWN" in plate along bottom edge of sheet
25.5"H 20"W (sheet)
27.25"H 24.75"W (framed)
Very good condition
Note: price is $1650 CAD
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