ALEX COLVILLE "BORDER COLLIE" SILKSCREEN, 1973 Joyce Wieland graphite on paper Click here for another example

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Francis' interest in color

In this painting he depicts three players in vivid red uniforms huddling mid-game

and titled on label on verso

Every artist has their muse and for Pachter

ALEX COLVILLE "BORDER COLLIE" SILKSCREEN, 1973 Joyce Wieland graphite on paper Click here for another exampleAlex Colville (1920 2013) is one of the titans of figurative Canadian art. Working across mediums, Colville is a revered painter, draughtsman, engraver, and muralist. He is one of the few Canadian artists whose auction record is above $2 million. Spending his life and career in Nova Scotia, Colville is renowned for his atmospheric depictions, frequently portraying his family, domestic animals, and scenes of Atlantic Canada. Despite the degree of