CHARLES PACHTER "LEAF" DRAWING, 1989Born in Toronto (1942), Charles Pachter is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. In both style and motif, Pachters uplifting images share characteristics with the titans of American Pop Art yet his voice is resoundingly charming, singular and uniquely Canadian. Caviar20 was invited by Charles Pachter to select drawings from his archives. We reviewed never seen before works on paper spanning several decades. During the 1980s Pachter

Charles Pachter’s work frequently explores iconic images of Canada that are both patriotic and playful

comprised of two sheets

paintings of this scale from Pachter are exceedingly rare

Most familiar with Eloul associate his work with his signature forms

Pachter's "Rooster" is an early image from a period where the artist was still experimenting with mood

Zox moved to New York City and established his reputation by the mid-1960s

he extracts elements from the American vernacular culture and positions it in a way similar to Duchamp's urinal

Cs" are typically used to show museums and are considered an ideal example of the print

49"H 33"W (work)

the MoMA examples which total 86 lines

Weegee was known to print and crop an image from the same negative in several variations

pride and dignity in an array of related subjects