Robert Frederick Hagan (1918-2003) - Heat Wave

Heat Wave

oil on canvas
71.09 cms x 84 cms (28 ins x 33 ins)
Signed upper left; titled and dated "9-38" on the reverse
Lot offered for sale by Sothebys, Toronto at the auction event "Important Canadian Art" held on Mon, Nov 28, 2011.
Lot 109
Estimate: CAD $6,000 - $8,000
Realised: CAD $9,600

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto

Literature:
C.R. Blackstock, Dennis Burton, et al., "Hagan, The Mind and the Hand," Grimsby Art Gallery, 1976, unpaginated
Notes:
Hagan remarked that his "enthusiasms and love for the patterns of the streets were stimulated by knowing the works of Hogarth, Goya, Daumier and the Ash Can school."
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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Heat Wave by artist Robert Frederick Hagan