Artist Katie von der Ohe
Title Untitled - Calgary Allied Arts Centre Deed
Media glazed ceramic tile
Dated
1960 -s
Size 1.75 x 2.5 x 0.5 in. / 4.4 x 6.4 x 1.3 cm.
Sold $160
Estimate $150 - $250
Notes
signed on label; bears inscription 'This deed hereby entitles the purchaser to complete ownership of one brick in the Calgary Allied Arts Centre Building, 830 9th Ave. S.W. 1960' on paper attached to base
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Biographical Information
Katie von der Ohe ~ [b.1937] Canadian ASA, RCA
see Katie Ohe, by R.Gordon, A.C.A., Pub. 1991; biography and another example in Founders of the A.C.A., by V.Greenfield, pg.95; Shell Canada Collection, by B.Shammas, pg.39, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977; Alberta Society of Artists, the First Seventy Five Years, by K.Zimon, plate 59, UofC Press; Artists of Alberta, by S.Baker, pg.36, University of Alberta Press, 1980; biographies in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.5, pg.1428; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.60, Westbridge Pub., 2001; 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; Katie 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 visit an impressive collection of outdoor sculptures while enjoying the sanctuary of the natural environment. For more information or to donate directly, visit koartscentre.org.