Emily Carr (1871-1945) - The Crazy Stair (The Crooked Staircase)

The Crazy Stair (The Crooked Staircase)

oil on canvas circa 1928 ~ 1930
110.2 cms x 66 cms (43.39 ins x 26 ins)
Signed and on verso titled the crazy stair and inscribed "v 40 / no. 5 crate i", "54" circled and "w. h. clark"
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Fall 2013 Live auction" held on Thu, Nov 28, 2013.
Lot 130
Estimate: CAD $1,200,000 - $1,600,000
Realised: CAD $3,393,000

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
W.H. and Irene Clark, Toronto (Emily Carr's publisher)

H.R. MacMillan, Vancouver

A gift from H.R. MacMillan to The Vancouver Club

Exhibitions:
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Emily Carr, June 29 - September 3, 1990, catalogue #95

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon, June 2 - September 4, 2006, traveling in 2006 - 2008 to the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, catalogue #97
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.
The Crazy Stair (The Crooked Staircase) by artist Emily Carr