Ray Mead

Ray Mead ( 1921-1998 )

“Stillness Buried”
Also exhibited as Stillness Buried, Northern Reflections and Still Reflections
Oil on canvas, 1956
Signed and dated lower right, “Ray Mead 56”
86.3 x 127 cm, 34 x 50 in.

Provenance:
• Helena Rubinstein, NYC.
• Private collection by descent, Toronto.
Exhibited:
• Canadian Group of Painters;
Art Gallery of Toronto, Nov. 9 – Dec. 26, 1956;
Vancouver Art Gallery, Feb. 5 – Mar. 3, 1957.
• The Four Seasons: The Helena Rubinstein Collection, The Park Gallery, Toronto, Mar. 20 – Apr. 4, 1958.
• Les Quatre Saisons: The Helena Rubinstein Collection, Henry Morgan and Co., Montreal, Nov. 17-22, 1958.
Literature:
• Canadian Group of Painters exhibition 1956-57: catalogue #54.
• Oeuvres de 4 peintres montréalais dans la colletion Rubinstein, La Presse, Montreal, Mar. 7, 1958, p. 20.
• 12 Commissioned Works For a Private Collection, The Globe and Mail, Mar 15, 1958, p. 15.
• Canadian Palet Palette of Spring Wools, The Globe and Mail, Mar 22, 1958, p. A16, illustrated in situ.
• Les quatre saisons, La collection de peintures canadiennes de Mme Helena Rubinstein, La Presse, Montreal, Nov. 5, 1958, p. 41.
• Mme Helena Rubinstein et “Lés quatre saisons” La Patrie, Nov.16,1958, p. 102.
• Canadian Collection, Montreal Gazette, Nov. 22, 1958, p. 33.
• Two Decades, Ray Mead, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, 1982, p. 34-35.
• York Wilson His Life and Work, 1907-1984, Lela Wilson, McGill Queen University Press, 1998, p. 120.