Betty Roodish Goodwin
(1923 - 2008)
Previously Sold Works
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Two Male Figures
mixed media on mylar
signed and dated 1997 lower right; inscribed quote from Leonardo Da Vinci upon the inside of the framing glass
17 x 11 ins ( 43.2 x 27.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $6,490.00
Sale date: November 19th 2019
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Untitled (Figure/Animal Series)
pastel and graphite on mylar
signed and dated 1991-1994 lower right
17 x 11 ins ( 43.2 x 27.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $6,490.00
Sale date: November 19th 2019
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Parcelled Shoes for the Long Distance Runner
soft-ground etching and drypoint
signed and dated “12.70” in the lower left margin
19.5 x 25.75 ins ( 49.5 x 65.4 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $3,540.00
Sale date: November 20th 2018
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Reclining Woman
graphite drawing
signed and dated 1963 lower right
10.25 x 13.75 ins ( 26 x 34.9 cms )
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Vest No. 2
soft-ground etching
signed, titled, dated 1-1970 and numbered 8/10
26 x 20 ins ( 66 x 50.8 cms )
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Untitled (Figure/Ladder Series) VII
mixed media on mylar
signed and dated 1996 lower right; titled and dated to a label on the reverse
18 x 12 ins ( 45.7 x 30.5 cms ) ( sheet )
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
The Cry Took the Place Among the Elements
pastel, on laser print on geofilm
signed, titled and dated “1989/1994” at the lower edge; titled and dated to two gallery labels on the reverse
17 x 11 ins ( 43.2 x 27.9 cms ) ( sight )
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
The Candle Sellers
oil on masonite
signed and dated 1959 lower right; artist’s stamp on the reverse
10 x 7.25 ins ( 25.4 x 18.4 cms )
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Untitled (plum)
pastel on paper
signed and dated 1986 lower center
3 x 3 ins ( 7.6 x 7.6 cms ) ( sheet (diameter) )
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Landscape With Winding Road
watercolour
signed lower right
16 x 13.25 ins ( 40.6 x 33.7 cms ) ( sight )
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Untitled triptych
linocut
signed, numbered 3/50 and dated 1963-1996 in pencil in the lower margin
12 x 39 ins ( 30.5 x 99.1 cms ) ( sheet )
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Betty Goodwin Biography
(1923 - 2008)
A renowned Canadian printmaker, painter, and sculptor, Betty Roodish Goodwin (born Montréal, March 19, 1923; died Montréal December 1, 2008) began her career in the visual arts in the late 1940s. Largely self-taught, Goodwin’s practice evolved from drawing to experimentations with other media. Out of her many experimental efforts with mark-making as a student of Yves Gaucher at Sir George Williams School (now Concordia) University in the late 1960s, she discovered engraving and etching, which became her primary means of expression. Later, as an accomplished sculptor, painter, and installation artist, she tended to work in series.
Robert Ayre noted, “...I would say she is essentially the painter. She scarcely differentiates her forms; anatomy concerns her no more than it does Jean Dubuffet or Jan Muller. She flattens them out; runs them together. She is conscious always of the human dilemma, the drama of the ‘Dybbuk,’ and the tragedy of ‘Leavetaking’, of ‘The trial’--but not the individual is nameless, part of the crowd, a dissolving member of the eternal flux. It isn’t however, a drab and hopeless tide, for Betty Goodwin’s colour is gorgeous.”
A recipient of several honours, Goodwin was chosen to represent Canada in the 1995 Venice Biennial. Other notable awards included the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award of the Canada Council for the Arts in 1981, the Banff Centre National Award for Visual Arts in 1984, the Prix Paul-Émile Borduas in 1986, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 1988, and the Gershon Iskowitz Prize in 1995. Goodwin was the first recipient of the Harold Town Prize for Drawing in 1998, and in 2003 she received the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. Throughout her career she also received honorary doctorates from various Canadian universities, including the University of Guelph, the University of Waterloo, and the University of Montreal.
