HAROLD TOWN "UNTITLED ABSTRACT" LITHOGRAPH, 1978 Tony Scherman trees "Puppy" ultimately deterred many visitors

"Puppy" ultimately deterred many visitors away from Documenta 9 bringing them instead to Arolsen Castle

and explored mythology

A man's profile commands the composition as he gazes into the distance

Untitled "The Crown Jewels"

whether expressed on paper or in three-dimensions

HAROLD TOWN "UNTITLED ABSTRACT" LITHOGRAPH, 1978 Tony Scherman trees "Puppy" ultimately deterred many visitorsHarold Town (1924 1990) was an exceptional and dynamic figure in the Canadian art canon, who created a wide range of brilliant artworks beginning in the 1950s and well into the 1980s. Towns artistic career was shaped by the rapid postwar development of his hometown, Toronto. After he established an international reputation with his Single Autographic Prints from the mid 1950's, his paintings fetched record prices and ignited a new local art scene.