Greenfield and Sun, 1960 by Jack Bush. Signed and dated on the plate. Edition of 200.

Jack Bush (1909-1977) is Canada's most successful abstract artist of the 20th century. 

Bush was a graduate of OCAD (Ontario College of Art & Design) and a key member of Painters Eleven.

Unlike his contemporaries, Bush would achieve an unrivaled level of success in New York and beyond after being praised and guided by esteemed critic Clement Greenberg. 

As a result of their interactions, Bush would become friendly with several of the artists affiliated with the color-field movement including Jules Olitski and Kenneth Noland. 

Unlike some of the other color-field artists, Bush only realized a small number of multiples during his lifetime. 

This work "Greenfield and Sun", dating from 1960, is one of the earliest multiples and comes from a pivotal point in his career; the disbanding of the Painters Eleven.

Silkscreen artists Hans, Peter, and Traudl Markgraf participated in several reproduction programs to promote Canadian art after they immigrated to Canada from Germany in the mid-1950s. The Markgrafs developed a silkscreen process noted for its printing quality and its faithfulness to the original painting. The National Gallery of Canada became involved with the Markgraf's in the mid-1950s when Montreal collector and philanthropist Sidney Dawes introduced then Gallery director Alan Jarvis to the work of the Markgrafs. A collector of the work of James Wilson Morrice, Dawes arranged for the reproduction of Morrice's work, the production of which he financed. The National Gallery also arranged for the Markgraf's to reproduce works by seven other artists from its collection, financed by the Queen's Printer in Ottawa. In 1959, the Markgraf brothers and the Gallery produced a series of "Tom Thomson and Group of Seven" pochoir (silkscreen) prints. Following their partnership with the National Gallery in 1960, the Markgraf's continued on their own, with Hans leaving Canada for Germany and Peter partnering with Artistica, a Montreal-based publisher and distributor of fine art prints, books, and cards. In 1967, the Canada Council partnered with Peter Markgraf to produce prints that focused on contemporary Canadian art. Following this project, the Markgraf's continued to print work for private clients under "Editions Markgraf". In 1977, the Markgraf's moved to Vancouver to work for Bill Ellis of Canadian Native Prints Ltd. They continued to print for individual artists and after 1978, created their own silkscreens of west coast scenery that were later reproduced as lithographs. In the United Nations year of International Cooperation, the Markgraf's printed four Jamaican paintings through Robie Kidd.

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