Rue de Bullion (entre Rachel and Duluth), 1971
Oil on canvas
16 x 20 in
40.6 x 50.8 cm
40.6 x 50.8 cm
This painting is presently on view at our Toronto gallery
$16,000
Inscriptions
signed ‘JOHN LITTLE’ (lower right); titled, signed and dated, ‘RUE DE BULLION / ENTRE RACHEL and DULUTH / MONTREAL / JOHN LITTLE / 71’ (verso, upper horizontal stretcher); inscribed ‘5-13-71’ (verso, lower horizontal stretcher)Provenance
Alan Klinkhoff Gallery, Toronto
Private collection, Toronto
Expositions
Montreal, Galerie Alan Klinkhoff, John Little - City Life from 1951, November 4-18, 2017; Toronto, Alan Klinkhoff Gallery, November 23 - December 9, 2017, no.18Documentation
Alan Klinkhoff, John Little: City Life from 1951 (Montreal: Alan Klinkhoff Gallery, 2017), 70-71.
Little’s neighbourhoods encourage their residents to sit on their balconies or staircases in the front of their homes, the house, a 'plex, a configuration that encourages communication and familiarity among neighbours, (and "eyes on the street" as author Jane Jacobs points out) unlike the convention in the suburbs where we convene by the barbeque in our backyards, fenced in, out of view of our neighbours.
Montreal’s spiral staircases are an adaptation to a municipal regulation at one stage to oblige a setback from the sidewalk in the construction of the building. The clever use of the staircase allowed access to a second floor without using inside space to achieve it.
Montreal’s spiral staircases are an adaptation to a municipal regulation at one stage to oblige a setback from the sidewalk in the construction of the building. The clever use of the staircase allowed access to a second floor without using inside space to achieve it.
