r/ArtHistory • u/Several-Force9547 • 5d ago

Other Looking for The Dragon 1968 by Alex Colville.

Hi everyone, I have been going wild looking all over the internet for a painting by Alex Colville titled The Dragon, but it seems it has been wiped off and erased from this earth, making me doubt it ever existed. Does anyone have any leads to where I might find even a picture of it? Or in what art or private collection it might be in? Thanks to anyone with any tips.

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u/Future_Usual_8698 5d ago

Was it of a woman?

This is the official site, they have a contact form- you can inquire, they won't mind.

https://alexcolville.ca/

Also they list these locations as having collections, if you feel the need to dig further before inquiry

https://alexcolville.ca/collections/

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u/hastypawn 5d ago

Any relation to Matt Colville?

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u/tbole22 4d ago

I consulted all the major Colville books and looked through the indices, no mention of Dragon anywhere. It would seem unlikely to me that there would be a Colville painting of a Dragon, as his subjects were rarely, if ever mythical, largely mundane. There is a Bat painting from 1989 that looks Dragonesque. Do you remember what the painting looked like, maybe you have the title wrong? Most all of his work is very well documented as he wasn't particularly prolific.