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Jack Hamilton Bush 1909 - 1977 Canadian gouache and watercolour on paper laid down on artist board November #20 (Oscar's Death) "9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches 24.1 x 31.7 centimeters signed and dated Nov. 27/1956 and on verso titled and dated Provenance:Estate of Jack Bush Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York Collection of David and Annette Raddock, Colorado It was during a Toronto visit to Jack Bush's studio in the 1950s that American art critic Clement Greenberg recognized the power behind Bush's works on paper. Greenberg was immediately impressed with the directness and simplicity of his watercolours and gouaches. Bush's works on paper clearly demonstrated his mastery of colour, depth and dexterity. It was also Greenberg who encouraged Bush to translate the qualities of his works on paper to his canvases. During this period, one can clearly see the influence of Colour Field painting in New York on Bush's work, and the beginnings of his own interpretation of this movement. Bush's works on pa er from this time rival those of his American contemporaries Helen Frankenthaler and Robert Motherwell. November #20 (Oscar's Death) was painted at the time of the sudden death of Oscar Cahén, a fellow member of Painters Eleven, as Bush's personal tribute to a seminal artist, colleague and friend. For both Cahén and Bush, works on paper were critical preliminary notations for their canvases. It was said among members of Painters Eleven that eventually Cahén's influence would affect all of them, and this proved to be true with Bush. "