Artist Tristan Tondino
Title Masterpiece in a Box [Wollman Rink]
Media oil on wood board
Dated
2008
Size 10 x 8 in. / 25.4 x 20.3 cm.
Frame Size 11.25 x 9.25 x 1.5 in.
Sold $140
Estimate $300 - $500
Notes
signed lower right; signed, titled, dated and inscribed 'Excellent Artwork... It's a Beetle in a Box' verso; framed
Reference
according to the artist, there is an actual 'masterpiece' inside the box done by a great artist; the artist had permission to encase it and the idea is to not open the box to see the work; the beetle inscription relates to the philosophical idea of 'The Beetle in the Box'
Biographical Information
Tristan Tondino ~ [b.1961] Canadian
see Reality Re-evaluated, Velina Manolova, The McGill Daily, Vol. 94, No. 9, 2008 for a review of his show currently showing at Montreal's Galerie 1225; 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; see artist's website at tristantondino.ca and multimedia project with artist Joseanne Brunelle at http://www.abriefcanadianhistory.com