Tadenac, November
102.2 cms x 97.2 cms (40.25 ins x 38.25 ins)
Signed lower right; titled on the frame
made in 1922
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 41524
Lot 41524
Estimate: CAD $400,000 - $600,000
Realised: CAD $936,000
Realised: CAD $936,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Gift of the artist to Pickering College, Newmarket, Ontario, before 1951
Sotheby’s, auction, Fine Jewellery and Important Canadian Art, Toronto, 30 October 1985, lot 544
Acquired by the present Private Collection, 1985
Exhibitions:
"Group of Seven Exhibition of Paintings, Art Gallery of Toronto", 5‒29 May 1922, no. 47 as "November, Georgian Bay" at $1,000
"Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, National Gallery of Canada", Ottawa 20 November‒20 December 1924, no. 106, as "Georgian Bay, November"
"Group of Seven", Art Gallery of Toronto, January-February 1925, no. 36
"Paintings and Sculpture by British, Russian and Canadian Artists; Graphic Art and Photography", Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, 29 August‒12 September 1925, no. 291 as Georgian Bay, November at $600 Group of Seven, Pickering College, Newmarket, Ontario, 13‒28 October 1951
"A.Y. Jackson Paintings 1902‒1953", Art Gallery of Toronto; travelling to the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Winnipeg Art Gallery, 22 October 1953‒4 April 1954, no. 39, as "Tadenac, November" (circa 1924)
"Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven", Opening Exhibition, Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery and Museum of Fine Art, Owen Sound, 27 May‒11 June 1967, no. 28
"Collector’s Canada: Selections from a Toronto Private Collection", Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; travelling to Musée du Québec, Quebec City; Vancouver Art Gallery; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, 14 May 1988‒7 May 1989, no. 68
"The Group of Seven Art for a Nation", National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; travelling to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Vancouver art Gallery and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 13 October 1995‒1 December 1996, no. 64
"Annual Group of Seven Dinner featuring works of art by Alexander Young Jackson", The York Club, Toronto, 17 February 1999
"The Private Eye: Art Collectors and their Stories", McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, 1 July‒14 November 2004
"Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven", Vancouver Art Gallery; travelling to the Glenbow Museum, Calgary; Art Gallery of Hamilton, 30 October 2015‒25 September 2016
"Pop Up Museum", Canadian Friends of the Israel Museum, 21 August 2018
"Collectors’ Treasures", Galerie Eric Klinkhoff, Montreal, 19 October‒2 November 2019, no. 23
Literature:
"A.Y. Jackson correspondence", Naomi Jackson Groves fonds, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (MG30, D351, Box 96, file 12)
Augustus Bridle, "Pictures of the Group of Seven Show ‘Art Must Take the Road'," "Toronto Daily Star", 20 May 1922
Eric Brown (signed E.), ‘An Art Movement in Canada‒The Group of Seven’, "Christian Science Monitor", 31 July 1922
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Ottawa, 1924, no. 106, reproduced as "Georgian Bay, November"
Donald W. Buchanan, ‘Canadian Art in a Boy’s School’, "Canadian Art", IX:2 (Christmas 1951), reproduced page 69 as "Georgian Bay" circa 1920
"A.Y. Jackson Paintings 1902‒1953", Art Gallery of Toronto, 1953, no. 39, reproduced as "Tadenac, November" circa 1924 (plate 9)
Jean Burness, Alan Suddon, Grace Pincoe, ‘A.Y. Jackson Section 2, Index to Reproductions’, "Who’s Who in Ontario Art", Part 20, Ontario Library Review, May 1954, unpaginated, as circa 1924
Jean Burness, Alan Suddon, Grace Pincoe, ‘A.Y. Jackson Section 3, Collections’, "Who’s Who in Ontario Art", Part 21, Ontario Library Review, August 1954, unpaginated, as circa 1924
A.Y. Jackson, "A Painter’s Country (The Autobiography of A.Y. Jackson)", Toronto, 1958, page 72, reproduced opposite page 80
A.Y. Jackson, "A Painter’s Country (The Autobiography of A.Y. Jackson)", Toronto, 1967, page 74, reproduced opposite page 35 as "November, Tadenac, Georgian Bay" 1925
"From the Art Collection of Pickering College", Newmarket, Ontario, 1977, page 1, reproduced page 2
Sotheby’s, "Fine Jewellery and Important Canadian Art", Toronto, 30 October 1985, lot 544, reproduced
Dennis Reid, "Collector’s Canada: Selections from a Toronto Private Collection", Toronto, 1988, no. 68, pages 5 and 64, reproduced page 65
Charles C. Hill, "The Group of Seven Art for a Nation", Ottawa/Toronto, 1995, pages 109‒110, 318, 319, reproduced page 109
Ian Thom, et al., "Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven", Vancouver/London, 2015, pages 86, 201, reproduced page 121 as "Tadenac, November" circa 1924
Notes:
Born in Montreal, Alexander Young Jackson left school at the age of twelve and began work at a Montreal printing firm. In 1906, he undertook art studies at the Art Institute in Chicago. The following year he enrolled at the Académie Julian where he studied under Jean Paul Laurens for six months, then he travelled to Italy with others where they visited galleries in Rome, Florence and Venice. They returned to France and Jackson went to the village of Episy with a fellow student named Porter with whom he had lived in Paris. Jackson found much to paint at Episy: old farms, rolling country, the canal where barges were towed by mules, and for the first time (in France) he lived with people close to the land.
Gift of the artist to Pickering College, Newmarket, Ontario, before 1951
Sotheby’s, auction, Fine Jewellery and Important Canadian Art, Toronto, 30 October 1985, lot 544
Acquired by the present Private Collection, 1985
Exhibitions:
"Group of Seven Exhibition of Paintings, Art Gallery of Toronto", 5‒29 May 1922, no. 47 as "November, Georgian Bay" at $1,000
"Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, National Gallery of Canada", Ottawa 20 November‒20 December 1924, no. 106, as "Georgian Bay, November"
"Group of Seven", Art Gallery of Toronto, January-February 1925, no. 36
"Paintings and Sculpture by British, Russian and Canadian Artists; Graphic Art and Photography", Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, 29 August‒12 September 1925, no. 291 as Georgian Bay, November at $600 Group of Seven, Pickering College, Newmarket, Ontario, 13‒28 October 1951
"A.Y. Jackson Paintings 1902‒1953", Art Gallery of Toronto; travelling to the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Winnipeg Art Gallery, 22 October 1953‒4 April 1954, no. 39, as "Tadenac, November" (circa 1924)
"Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven", Opening Exhibition, Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery and Museum of Fine Art, Owen Sound, 27 May‒11 June 1967, no. 28
"Collector’s Canada: Selections from a Toronto Private Collection", Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; travelling to Musée du Québec, Quebec City; Vancouver Art Gallery; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, 14 May 1988‒7 May 1989, no. 68
"The Group of Seven Art for a Nation", National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; travelling to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Vancouver art Gallery and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 13 October 1995‒1 December 1996, no. 64
"Annual Group of Seven Dinner featuring works of art by Alexander Young Jackson", The York Club, Toronto, 17 February 1999
"The Private Eye: Art Collectors and their Stories", McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, 1 July‒14 November 2004
"Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven", Vancouver Art Gallery; travelling to the Glenbow Museum, Calgary; Art Gallery of Hamilton, 30 October 2015‒25 September 2016
"Pop Up Museum", Canadian Friends of the Israel Museum, 21 August 2018
"Collectors’ Treasures", Galerie Eric Klinkhoff, Montreal, 19 October‒2 November 2019, no. 23
Literature:
"A.Y. Jackson correspondence", Naomi Jackson Groves fonds, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (MG30, D351, Box 96, file 12)
Augustus Bridle, "Pictures of the Group of Seven Show ‘Art Must Take the Road'," "Toronto Daily Star", 20 May 1922
Eric Brown (signed E.), ‘An Art Movement in Canada‒The Group of Seven’, "Christian Science Monitor", 31 July 1922
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Ottawa, 1924, no. 106, reproduced as "Georgian Bay, November"
Donald W. Buchanan, ‘Canadian Art in a Boy’s School’, "Canadian Art", IX:2 (Christmas 1951), reproduced page 69 as "Georgian Bay" circa 1920
"A.Y. Jackson Paintings 1902‒1953", Art Gallery of Toronto, 1953, no. 39, reproduced as "Tadenac, November" circa 1924 (plate 9)
Jean Burness, Alan Suddon, Grace Pincoe, ‘A.Y. Jackson Section 2, Index to Reproductions’, "Who’s Who in Ontario Art", Part 20, Ontario Library Review, May 1954, unpaginated, as circa 1924
Jean Burness, Alan Suddon, Grace Pincoe, ‘A.Y. Jackson Section 3, Collections’, "Who’s Who in Ontario Art", Part 21, Ontario Library Review, August 1954, unpaginated, as circa 1924
A.Y. Jackson, "A Painter’s Country (The Autobiography of A.Y. Jackson)", Toronto, 1958, page 72, reproduced opposite page 80
A.Y. Jackson, "A Painter’s Country (The Autobiography of A.Y. Jackson)", Toronto, 1967, page 74, reproduced opposite page 35 as "November, Tadenac, Georgian Bay" 1925
"From the Art Collection of Pickering College", Newmarket, Ontario, 1977, page 1, reproduced page 2
Sotheby’s, "Fine Jewellery and Important Canadian Art", Toronto, 30 October 1985, lot 544, reproduced
Dennis Reid, "Collector’s Canada: Selections from a Toronto Private Collection", Toronto, 1988, no. 68, pages 5 and 64, reproduced page 65
Charles C. Hill, "The Group of Seven Art for a Nation", Ottawa/Toronto, 1995, pages 109‒110, 318, 319, reproduced page 109
Ian Thom, et al., "Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven", Vancouver/London, 2015, pages 86, 201, reproduced page 121 as "Tadenac, November" circa 1924
Notes:
Born in Montreal, Alexander Young Jackson left school at the age of twelve and began work at a Montreal printing firm. In 1906, he undertook art studies at the Art Institute in Chicago. The following year he enrolled at the Académie Julian where he studied under Jean Paul Laurens for six months, then he travelled to Italy with others where they visited galleries in Rome, Florence and Venice. They returned to France and Jackson went to the village of Episy with a fellow student named Porter with whom he had lived in Paris. Jackson found much to paint at Episy: old farms, rolling country, the canal where barges were towed by mules, and for the first time (in France) he lived with people close to the land.
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