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JOSEPH PREZAMENT SONNET

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OTTAWA, Ontario, CA

JOSEPH PREZAMENT (CANADIAN, 1923�1983) PEN AND INK WITH GRAPHITE ON PAPER, SIGNED “JOS. PREZAMENT 76” LOWER RIGHT; TITLED “SONNET” LOWER LEFT A COMPOSITE LITERARY AND VISUAL WORK FEATURING AMORETTI SONNET 8 BY EDMUND SPENSER, SURROUNDED BY DENSE, ORGANIC LINE WORK AND SURREALIST ABSTRACTION IN BLACK INK 26 X 20 IN (SHEET) JOSEPH PREZAMENT WAS A…

MACLEAN & ASSOCIATES INC
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OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada

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JOSEPH PREZAMENT (CANADIAN, 1923�1983)
PEN AND INK WITH GRAPHITE ON PAPER, SIGNED “JOS. PREZAMENT 76” LOWER RIGHT; TITLED “SONNET” LOWER LEFT
A COMPOSITE LITERARY AND VISUAL WORK FEATURING AMORETTI SONNET 8 BY EDMUND SPENSER, SURROUNDED BY DENSE, ORGANIC LINE WORK AND SURREALIST ABSTRACTION IN BLACK INK
26 X 20 IN (SHEET)
JOSEPH PREZAMENT WAS A CANADIAN PAINTER, DRAFTSMAN, AND PRINTMAKER BORN IN WINNIPEG, MANITOBA. HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE MONTREAL ART COMMUNITY FOR SEVERAL DECADES, FREQUENTLY EXHIBITING HIS WORK IN SOLO AND GROUP SHOWS ACROSS CANADA. HE WAS MARRIED TO THE RENOWNED ARTIST RITA BRIANSKY, AND TOGETHER THEY WERE INTEGRAL FIGURES IN THE MID-CENTURY MONTREAL MODERNIST SCENE.