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94 cms x 114.3 cms (37 ins x 45 ins)
Signed and on verso titled, dated 1940 on the galerie dresdnere label, inscribed with the galerie dresdnere inventory #13575 and stamped op2064001
made in 1940
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "November Live Auction 2016, Toronto Live auction" held on Wed, Nov 23, 2016.
Lot 239
Lot 239
Estimate: CAD $600,000 - $800,000
Realised: CAD $1,534,000
Realised: CAD $1,534,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto
Peter F. Bronfman, Montreal
Private Collection
Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art Inc., Vancouver
Peter and Joanne Brown Collection, Vancouver, acquired from the above in 1983
Literature:
Paul Duval, A.J. Casson, 1951, reproduced page 48
Margaret Gray, Margaret Reid and Lois Steen, A.J. Casson, 1976, page 49
Paul Duval, A.J. Casson, His Life and Works: A Tribute, 1980, pages 83 and 92, reproduced on the front cover and page 117
Roger Boulet, The Canadian Earth: Landscape Paintings by the Group of Seven, 1982, reproduced page 73
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto
Peter F. Bronfman, Montreal
Private Collection
Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art Inc., Vancouver
Peter and Joanne Brown Collection, Vancouver, acquired from the above in 1983
Literature:
Paul Duval, A.J. Casson, 1951, reproduced page 48
Margaret Gray, Margaret Reid and Lois Steen, A.J. Casson, 1976, page 49
Paul Duval, A.J. Casson, His Life and Works: A Tribute, 1980, pages 83 and 92, reproduced on the front cover and page 117
Roger Boulet, The Canadian Earth: Landscape Paintings by the Group of Seven, 1982, reproduced page 73
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.