Edition 68/70

Provenance

Zwicker’s Gallery, Halifax

Private collection, Prince George, B.C.

Literature

Philip Fry, Alex Colville: Paintings, Prints and Processes, 1983 – 1994, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, page 150, reproduced page 151

Alex Colville said of this peaceful and intimate work, “There is a great painting of this title which I always thought was a Georgione, but I recently discovered is a Titian. I use the title as homage to the painting. The woman is giving forth; the man is recumbent, taking it in.”