Steamer in Grenville Channel, 1952
35.6 cms x 45.7 cms (14 ins x 18 ins)
Signed lower left
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art" held on Wed, Nov 27, 2024.
Lot 46597
Lot 46597
Estimate: CAD $25,000 - $35,000
Realised: CAD $156,000
Realised: CAD $156,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Private Collection, Montreal
Literature:
Ian Thom, "E. J. Hughes", Vancouver, 2003, page 108
Jacques Barbeau, "A Journey with E. J. Hughes: One Collector’s Odyssey", Vancouver/Toronto, 2005, page 15
Notes:
Born in North Vancouver, B.C., E. J. Hughes spent his childhood at Nanaimo, B.C. After 1923 he lived in North Vancouver and Vancouver where his father was employed as a professional musician (trombone player) at the Orpheum and Capitol Theatres and at the Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park. Edward Hughes attended evening art classes in North Vancouver with Mrs. Verrall in 1926 and in 1929 he entered the Vancouver School of Design and Applied Art where he studied for six years under Charles H. Scott, F. H. Varley, Charles Marega, Grace Melvin, and J.W.G. Macdonald.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Private Collection, Montreal
Literature:
Ian Thom, "E. J. Hughes", Vancouver, 2003, page 108
Jacques Barbeau, "A Journey with E. J. Hughes: One Collector’s Odyssey", Vancouver/Toronto, 2005, page 15
Notes:
Born in North Vancouver, B.C., E. J. Hughes spent his childhood at Nanaimo, B.C. After 1923 he lived in North Vancouver and Vancouver where his father was employed as a professional musician (trombone player) at the Orpheum and Capitol Theatres and at the Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park. Edward Hughes attended evening art classes in North Vancouver with Mrs. Verrall in 1926 and in 1929 he entered the Vancouver School of Design and Applied Art where he studied for six years under Charles H. Scott, F. H. Varley, Charles Marega, Grace Melvin, and J.W.G. Macdonald.
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.
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