In the Orchard, circa 1895-1897
96.5 cms x 84.5 cms (38 ins x 33.25 ins)
Signed lower right
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)" held on Thu, Jun 8, 2023.
Lot 42536
Lot 42536
Estimate: CAD $30,000 - $50,000
Realised: CAD $168,000
Realised: CAD $168,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Sotheby’s, auction, Toronto, 2 October 1974, lot 14 G.
Blair Laing Ltd., Toronto
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Thomson, Toronto
A.K. Prakash & Associates, Inc., Toronto
Masters Gallery, Calgary
Acquired by the present Private Collection, 2011
Exhibitions:
"Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven", Vancouver Art Gallery; travelling to the Glenbow Museum, Calgary; Art Gallery of Hamilton, 30 October 2015‒25 September 2016
"Canada and Impressionism: New Horizons 1880‒1930", National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; travelling to Kunsthalle der Hypo‒Kulturstiftung, Munich; Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne; Musée Fabre, Montpellier, 19 July 2019‒3 July 2021, no. 60
Literature:
Ian Thom, et al., "Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven," Vancouver/London, 2015, page 60, reproduced page 81
Katerina Atanassova, "Canada and Impressionism: New Horizons 1880‒1930", Ottawa, 2019, no. 60, pages 253, 278 note 69, reproduced page 185
Notes:
Born at Douglas, Ontario, she spent her early life in Almonte and Carillon, Quebec, where her father was engaged in the construction of the Carillon Dam. She was a student of Robert Harris in Montreal and later studied in Paris where she attended the Académie Colarossi and exhibited at the Salon. She went to England and settled at St. Ives where she met and married English landscapist C. H. Eastlake. They became designers and made jewellery and enamels.
Sotheby’s, auction, Toronto, 2 October 1974, lot 14 G.
Blair Laing Ltd., Toronto
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Thomson, Toronto
A.K. Prakash & Associates, Inc., Toronto
Masters Gallery, Calgary
Acquired by the present Private Collection, 2011
Exhibitions:
"Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven", Vancouver Art Gallery; travelling to the Glenbow Museum, Calgary; Art Gallery of Hamilton, 30 October 2015‒25 September 2016
"Canada and Impressionism: New Horizons 1880‒1930", National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; travelling to Kunsthalle der Hypo‒Kulturstiftung, Munich; Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne; Musée Fabre, Montpellier, 19 July 2019‒3 July 2021, no. 60
Literature:
Ian Thom, et al., "Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven," Vancouver/London, 2015, page 60, reproduced page 81
Katerina Atanassova, "Canada and Impressionism: New Horizons 1880‒1930", Ottawa, 2019, no. 60, pages 253, 278 note 69, reproduced page 185
Notes:
Born at Douglas, Ontario, she spent her early life in Almonte and Carillon, Quebec, where her father was engaged in the construction of the Carillon Dam. She was a student of Robert Harris in Montreal and later studied in Paris where she attended the Académie Colarossi and exhibited at the Salon. She went to England and settled at St. Ives where she met and married English landscapist C. H. Eastlake. They became designers and made jewellery and enamels.
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.