JOYCE WIELAND "SMALL WORLD" DRAWING, c. 1963 Frank Stella Gemini vulnerability

vulnerability

Katz kept the tradition of figurative painting when it was long considered out of style

Graphite on paper

For most of the 1950s

Signed and dated by the artist in pencil verso

JOYCE WIELAND "SMALL WORLD" DRAWING, c. 1963 Frank Stella Gemini vulnerabilityJoyce Wieland (1931 1998) was one of the most accomplished and versatile Canadian artists of the 20th century. Emerging on the Toronto art scene at the beginning of the 1960s, over the course of her career Wieland explored the role of women, the body, nationalism, and intimacy using a variety of mediums. As well as drawing and painting, the artist utilized untraditional materials such as quilts and lipstick. Traditionally seen as feminine and craft