Sunset, Incoming Tide
59.4 cms x 84.4 cms (23.39 ins x 33.25 ins)
Signed, dated 1909 and inscribed "canadian artists patriotic fund, 1915" on a plaque
made in 1909
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "November 26, 2015 - Toronto Live Auction Live auction" held on Thu, Nov 26, 2015.
Lot 131
Lot 131
Estimate: CAD $20,000 - $30,000
Realised: CAD $76,700
Realised: CAD $76,700
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Sir John Douglas Hazen, PC KCMG
By descent to the present Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Toronto, Exhibition of Pictures and Sculpture Given by Canadian Artists in Aid of the Patriotic Fund, December 30, 1914, traveling to Winnipeg, Halifax, Saint John, Montreal, Ottawa, London and Hamilton, catalogue #61
Literature:
Exhibition of Pictures and Sculpture Given by Canadian Artists in Aid of the Patriotic Fund, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1914, reproduced and listed, unpaginated
Notes:
On verso signed, titled and inscribed "314 St. Catherine St. W., Montreal" on the 1914 Patriotic Fund exhibition label and "Mrs. J.D. Hazen, c/o Hon. J.D. Hazen, Chateau Laurier" on a label
When William Clapp painted this glorious work, he was years ahead of his Canadian contemporaries. Clapp's time in Europe studying the latest techniques preceded a highly successful return to Canada in 1908. In that year he won the prestigious Royal Canadian Academy's Jessie Dow Prize for the best Canadian painting of the year with a similarly colourful canvas entitled Spanish Garden, now in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. Sunset, Incoming Tide was painted while the artist was based in Montreal, and it is an extraordinarily beautiful Impressionist painting. It was shown in 1914 to 1915 across Canada as part of a selling exhibition of works given by artists in aid of the Canadian Patriotic Fund for soldiers' dependants from the First World War. It was acquired by New Brunswick politician Sir John Douglas Hazen, Minister of Fisheries and then Minister of the Naval Service in the government of Sir Robert Borden, and has remained in the family's collection until now - this is the first time it has been seen in public for over 100 years.
Sir John Douglas Hazen, PC KCMG
By descent to the present Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Toronto, Exhibition of Pictures and Sculpture Given by Canadian Artists in Aid of the Patriotic Fund, December 30, 1914, traveling to Winnipeg, Halifax, Saint John, Montreal, Ottawa, London and Hamilton, catalogue #61
Literature:
Exhibition of Pictures and Sculpture Given by Canadian Artists in Aid of the Patriotic Fund, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1914, reproduced and listed, unpaginated
Notes:
On verso signed, titled and inscribed "314 St. Catherine St. W., Montreal" on the 1914 Patriotic Fund exhibition label and "Mrs. J.D. Hazen, c/o Hon. J.D. Hazen, Chateau Laurier" on a label
When William Clapp painted this glorious work, he was years ahead of his Canadian contemporaries. Clapp's time in Europe studying the latest techniques preceded a highly successful return to Canada in 1908. In that year he won the prestigious Royal Canadian Academy's Jessie Dow Prize for the best Canadian painting of the year with a similarly colourful canvas entitled Spanish Garden, now in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. Sunset, Incoming Tide was painted while the artist was based in Montreal, and it is an extraordinarily beautiful Impressionist painting. It was shown in 1914 to 1915 across Canada as part of a selling exhibition of works given by artists in aid of the Canadian Patriotic Fund for soldiers' dependants from the First World War. It was acquired by New Brunswick politician Sir John Douglas Hazen, Minister of Fisheries and then Minister of the Naval Service in the government of Sir Robert Borden, and has remained in the family's collection until now - this is the first time it has been seen in public for over 100 years.
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.