Sawmill, Texada Island
27.9 cms x 39.4 cms (11 ins x 15.5 ins)
Signed and on verso titled and inscribed "historic" and "loaned by w.p. weston - 1419 dogwood av. vancouver" on a label
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Fine Canadian Art (5th session)" held on Sat, May 27, 2023.
Lot 608
Lot 608
Estimate: CAD $800 - $1,200
Realised: CAD $625
Realised: CAD $625
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Collection of W.P. Weston, Vancouver
By descent to the present Private Collection, British Columbia
Notes:
Like many who would come to shape British Columbia's art scene in the early 20th century, Harry Hood came to Vancouver in either 1900 or 1904 by way of Scotland. In 1926 he acquired The Art Emporium, which under him became a hub for the artistic avant-garde in the province. Beside Emily Carr, Hood, along with Statira Frame and Mary Riter Hamilton are credited with being among the first artists in Vancouver to import modernist European aesthetics through their work. This painting comes from the personal collection of Hood's contemporary, W.P. Weston, and depicts a sawmill on Texada Island, representing the primary commercial industry of early coastal British Columbia.
Collection of W.P. Weston, Vancouver
By descent to the present Private Collection, British Columbia
Notes:
Like many who would come to shape British Columbia's art scene in the early 20th century, Harry Hood came to Vancouver in either 1900 or 1904 by way of Scotland. In 1926 he acquired The Art Emporium, which under him became a hub for the artistic avant-garde in the province. Beside Emily Carr, Hood, along with Statira Frame and Mary Riter Hamilton are credited with being among the first artists in Vancouver to import modernist European aesthetics through their work. This painting comes from the personal collection of Hood's contemporary, W.P. Weston, and depicts a sawmill on Texada Island, representing the primary commercial industry of early coastal British Columbia.
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.