Toronto Waterfront, 1886
61 cms x 91.4 cms (24 ins x 36 ins)
Signed and dated 1886 lower left
made in 1886
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)" held on Wed, Dec 6, 2023.
Lot 44246
Lot 44246
Estimate: CAD $70,000 - $90,000
Realised: CAD $216,000
Realised: CAD $216,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Kaspar Gallery, Montreal
Brian Ayer, Guelph
Joyner-Waddington’s, auction, Toronto, 30 May 2006, lot 70
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Thomson
Acquired by the present Private Collection, November 2008
Exhibitions:
"Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven", Vancouver Art Gallery; traveling to Glenbow Museum, Calgary; Art Gallery of Hamilton, 29 October 2015–25 September 2016
Literature:
Christine Boyanoski, "Sympathetic Realism: George A. Reid and the Academic Tradition", Toronto, 1986, pages 15-17
Rob Cowley, ‘The Urban Toronto Landscape in Art’, "Arabella 2," no.1 (Spring 2009), pages 69-70, reproduced page 71
Christine Boyanoski, ‘Figures in the Landscape en plein air’, in Ian Thom, ed., "Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven", Vancouver, 2015, page 61, reproduced pages 68-69
Kaspar Gallery, Montreal
Brian Ayer, Guelph
Joyner-Waddington’s, auction, Toronto, 30 May 2006, lot 70
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Thomson
Acquired by the present Private Collection, November 2008
Exhibitions:
"Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven", Vancouver Art Gallery; traveling to Glenbow Museum, Calgary; Art Gallery of Hamilton, 29 October 2015–25 September 2016
Literature:
Christine Boyanoski, "Sympathetic Realism: George A. Reid and the Academic Tradition", Toronto, 1986, pages 15-17
Rob Cowley, ‘The Urban Toronto Landscape in Art’, "Arabella 2," no.1 (Spring 2009), pages 69-70, reproduced page 71
Christine Boyanoski, ‘Figures in the Landscape en plein air’, in Ian Thom, ed., "Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven", Vancouver, 2015, page 61, reproduced pages 68-69
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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