The Eaton’s Window, Montreal (1937)
81.3 cms x 122.6 cms (32 ins x 48.25 ins)
Signed lower right
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Artwork from an Important Private Collection" held on Thu, Dec 1, 2022.
Lot 41542
Lot 41542
Estimate: CAD $70,000 - $90,000
Realised: CAD $408,000
Realised: CAD $408,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Galerie Bernard Desroches, Montreal
Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, Montreal
Private Collection
Exhibitions:
"Fifty‒Fourth Spring Exhibition", Art Association of Montreal, 18 March‒11 April 1937, no. 139
"Adrien Hébert, Thirty Years of His Art, 1923‒1953", National Gallery of Canada; travelling to Sir George Williams University, Montreal; Art Gallery of Hamilton; Centennial Art Gallery, Halifax; Winnipeg Art Gallery; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 20 August 1971‒31 May 1972
"Chez Arthur et Caillou la pierre", a presentation of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Terre des Hommes, Montreal, 1974
"Montréal vue par le peintre Adrien Hébert", Place des Arts, Expositions Flammarion, Montreal, 24 January‒4 March 1979
"Hommage à Adrien Hébert", Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, Montreal, 10‒22 September, 1984, no. 4
"Mode et apparence dans l’art québécois, 1880‒1945", Musée national des beaux‒arts du Québec, Quebec, 9 February‒6 May 2012, no. 95
"Art canadien: L’enfant et son univers|Canadian Art: A Child’s World", Galerie Eric Klinkhoff, Montreal, 28 October‒11 November 2017, no. 13
"Our Children: Reflections of Childhood in Historical Canadian Art", Varley Art Gallery of Markham, 13 April‒23 June 2019
Literature:
"Catalogue of the Fifty‒Fourth Spring Exhibition", Art Association of Montreal, 18 March‒11 April 1937, page 31, no. 139
Reynald, ‘Le 54e Salon du printemps’, "La Presse" (Montreal), 20 March 1937, page 49
Anon., ‘D’Halifax à Victoria: l’œuvre d’Adrien Hébert’, "Le Droit", Ottawa, 18 August 1971, page 26
Anon., "Globe and Mail", Toronto, 23 December 1971
Lise Boyer, ‘Montréal vue par le peintre Adrien Hébert (...)’, "Les heures de la place", Montreal, 24 January 1979 (Typed press release)
Virginia Nixon, ‘New look at man, his era in Hébert retrospective’, "The Gazette", Montreal, 13 November 1971, page 51
Jean‒René Ostiguy, "Adrien Hébert, Thirty Years of His Art, 1923‒1953", National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1971, no. 24, page 29, reproduced page 52
Jean René Ostiguy, "Adrien Hébert. Premier interprète de la modernité québécoise", Saint‒Laurent, 1986, no. 50, page 130, reproduced page 103
Esther Trépanier, "La ville comme lieu de la modernité: sa représentation dans la peinture québécoise, de 1919 à 1939" (M.A. thesis, Université du Québec, April 1983), page 269, figure 79
Pierre L’Allier, "Adrien Hébert", Musée du Québec, Quebec, 1993, reproduced pages 161‒162
Esther Trépanier, "Peinture et modernité au Québec, 1919‒1939", Quebec, 1998, page 161
Esther Trépanier and Véronique Borboën, "Mode et apparence dans l’art québécois, 1880‒1995", Quebec, 2012, page 191, reproduced page 103
Notes:
Born in Paris, France, the son of noted sculptor, Louis Philippe Hébert, he attended primary school in France while his father, a Canadian, was busy working on the bronze castings of his historical monuments. Adrien’s parents travelled between France and Montreal a number of times. In 1904 he was enrolled in the Monument National where he studied art under Joseph St. Charles, Edmond Dyonnet, Joseph Franchère, and Jobson Paradis. In 1907 he continued studies under William Brymner at the Art Association of Montreal where he remained until 1911. But he was still not certain that he wanted to be a painter.
Galerie Bernard Desroches, Montreal
Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, Montreal
Private Collection
Exhibitions:
"Fifty‒Fourth Spring Exhibition", Art Association of Montreal, 18 March‒11 April 1937, no. 139
"Adrien Hébert, Thirty Years of His Art, 1923‒1953", National Gallery of Canada; travelling to Sir George Williams University, Montreal; Art Gallery of Hamilton; Centennial Art Gallery, Halifax; Winnipeg Art Gallery; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 20 August 1971‒31 May 1972
"Chez Arthur et Caillou la pierre", a presentation of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Terre des Hommes, Montreal, 1974
"Montréal vue par le peintre Adrien Hébert", Place des Arts, Expositions Flammarion, Montreal, 24 January‒4 March 1979
"Hommage à Adrien Hébert", Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, Montreal, 10‒22 September, 1984, no. 4
"Mode et apparence dans l’art québécois, 1880‒1945", Musée national des beaux‒arts du Québec, Quebec, 9 February‒6 May 2012, no. 95
"Art canadien: L’enfant et son univers|Canadian Art: A Child’s World", Galerie Eric Klinkhoff, Montreal, 28 October‒11 November 2017, no. 13
"Our Children: Reflections of Childhood in Historical Canadian Art", Varley Art Gallery of Markham, 13 April‒23 June 2019
Literature:
"Catalogue of the Fifty‒Fourth Spring Exhibition", Art Association of Montreal, 18 March‒11 April 1937, page 31, no. 139
Reynald, ‘Le 54e Salon du printemps’, "La Presse" (Montreal), 20 March 1937, page 49
Anon., ‘D’Halifax à Victoria: l’œuvre d’Adrien Hébert’, "Le Droit", Ottawa, 18 August 1971, page 26
Anon., "Globe and Mail", Toronto, 23 December 1971
Lise Boyer, ‘Montréal vue par le peintre Adrien Hébert (...)’, "Les heures de la place", Montreal, 24 January 1979 (Typed press release)
Virginia Nixon, ‘New look at man, his era in Hébert retrospective’, "The Gazette", Montreal, 13 November 1971, page 51
Jean‒René Ostiguy, "Adrien Hébert, Thirty Years of His Art, 1923‒1953", National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1971, no. 24, page 29, reproduced page 52
Jean René Ostiguy, "Adrien Hébert. Premier interprète de la modernité québécoise", Saint‒Laurent, 1986, no. 50, page 130, reproduced page 103
Esther Trépanier, "La ville comme lieu de la modernité: sa représentation dans la peinture québécoise, de 1919 à 1939" (M.A. thesis, Université du Québec, April 1983), page 269, figure 79
Pierre L’Allier, "Adrien Hébert", Musée du Québec, Quebec, 1993, reproduced pages 161‒162
Esther Trépanier, "Peinture et modernité au Québec, 1919‒1939", Quebec, 1998, page 161
Esther Trépanier and Véronique Borboën, "Mode et apparence dans l’art québécois, 1880‒1995", Quebec, 2012, page 191, reproduced page 103
Notes:
Born in Paris, France, the son of noted sculptor, Louis Philippe Hébert, he attended primary school in France while his father, a Canadian, was busy working on the bronze castings of his historical monuments. Adrien’s parents travelled between France and Montreal a number of times. In 1904 he was enrolled in the Monument National where he studied art under Joseph St. Charles, Edmond Dyonnet, Joseph Franchère, and Jobson Paradis. In 1907 he continued studies under William Brymner at the Art Association of Montreal where he remained until 1911. But he was still not certain that he wanted to be a painter.
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