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The Hound of Heaven from Toronto 20
1965 · Lithograph with screenprint additions
composition: 17 15/16 × 13 3/8" (45.6 × 33.9 cm); sheet: 26 1/8 × 20" (66.3 × 50.8 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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William Kurelek
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
1962–1963
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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William Kurelek was a Canadian painter and printmaker known for densely detailed narrative works that documented rural prairie life, Ukrainian-Canadian identity, and religious faith. Working primarily in tempera and watercolor, his compositions combined folk art sensibilities with modernist precision, creating intricate scenes of homesteading, harvest, and domestic labor set against expansive landscapes. His work engaged deeply with Catholic spirituality and the immigrant experience in postwar Canada, rendered through meticulous figuration and symbolic detail rather than abstraction.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 27d ago
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