Art Auction Lot Sold in Canada in 2010
Alexander Young (A. Y.) Jackson (1882-1974) - Autumn 1919 - Along R.R. Tracks, Algoma

Autumn 1919 - Along R.R. Tracks, Algoma


oil on panel
21.3 cms x 26.3 cms (8.5 ins x 10.35 ins)
Signed and dated lower right "A.Y. JACKSON '19". Signed titled and dated by the artist and inscribed "Studio Building, Severn St. Toronto" and "Just beginning to feel my oats after the War" in pencil. Also stamped and signed with the name of a former owner who has written in ink "In 1945, the O.S.A. asked for an exhibition for which 'at least one of the artist's pictures would be experimental' - A.Y. was attracted by this sketch hanging in our living room as the perfect motive This little sketch was therefore glorified by a canvas 25 years later," on the reverse.
made in 1945
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Autumn 1919 - Along R.R. Tracks, Algoma by artist Alexander Young (A. Y.) Jackson