Smokestacks, Copper Cliff
25.4 cms x 30.5 cms (10 ins x 12 ins)
Signed lower left
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art" held on Tue, May 29, 2018.
Lot 30198
Lot 30198
Estimate: CAD $3,000 - $5,000
Realised: CAD $33,040
Realised: CAD $33,040
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Wedding gift from the artist (1946)
By descent to the present Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
70th Exhibition, Ontario Society of Artists, 1942
Literature:
Charles C. Hill, Canadian Painting in the Thirties, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1975, page 11
Charles C. Hill, Interview with Charles and Louise Comfort, National Gallery of Canada fonds, Canadian Painting in the Thirties Exhibition Records, October 3, 1973, transcribed by Nina Berkout (March 31, 2008), page 86
Notes:
Charles Comfort was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on July 22, 1900 and immigrated to Winnipeg in 1912. After working at Brigden's in Winnipeg and studying at the Arts Students' League in New York he moved to Toronto in 1925. From 1960 to 1965 Comfort served as Director of the National Gallery of Canada. While the National Gallery had had custody of the War Art Collections since 1946, it was only under Comfort that a Curator of War Art was appointed. During that time Comfort's commitment to war art showed itself in the funds made available for the proper storage and care of the collections and in the many important acquisitions in which he was personally involved. Some of the most popular Canadian paintings of the Second World War are Comfort's work. "The Hitler Line", a dramatic subject based on the artist's experiences in the Italian campaign hangs permanently in the Canadian War Museum. Comfort's careful reconstruction of the events of the ill-fated "Dieppe Raid" is another well-known composition.
Wedding gift from the artist (1946)
By descent to the present Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
70th Exhibition, Ontario Society of Artists, 1942
Literature:
Charles C. Hill, Canadian Painting in the Thirties, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1975, page 11
Charles C. Hill, Interview with Charles and Louise Comfort, National Gallery of Canada fonds, Canadian Painting in the Thirties Exhibition Records, October 3, 1973, transcribed by Nina Berkout (March 31, 2008), page 86
Notes:
Charles Comfort was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on July 22, 1900 and immigrated to Winnipeg in 1912. After working at Brigden's in Winnipeg and studying at the Arts Students' League in New York he moved to Toronto in 1925. From 1960 to 1965 Comfort served as Director of the National Gallery of Canada. While the National Gallery had had custody of the War Art Collections since 1946, it was only under Comfort that a Curator of War Art was appointed. During that time Comfort's commitment to war art showed itself in the funds made available for the proper storage and care of the collections and in the many important acquisitions in which he was personally involved. Some of the most popular Canadian paintings of the Second World War are Comfort's work. "The Hitler Line", a dramatic subject based on the artist's experiences in the Italian campaign hangs permanently in the Canadian War Museum. Comfort's careful reconstruction of the events of the ill-fated "Dieppe Raid" is another well-known composition.
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 Cowley Abbott auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Cowley Abbott auction house for permission to use.