ALC CGP G7 OSA RCA RSA
1882 - 1974
Canadian
Summer, Georgian Bay
oil on board
signed and on verso signed, titled on the Art Gallery of Toronto label, dated July 1953 and inscribed "Women's Committee Ex"/ "Studio Bldg., Severn St." and variously
10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in, 26.7 x 34.3 cm
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000 CAD
Sold for: $22,500
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PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Toronto
By descent to the present Private Collection, Toronto
EXHIBITED
The Women's Committee Exhibition, Art Gallery of Toronto, circa 1955
This oil sketch by A.Y. Jackson was exhibited at the Women’s Committee Exhibition in the final years before the Art Gallery of Toronto formally became the Art Gallery of Ontario in 1966. Formed by AGT charitable benefactor Lady Virginia Kemp in 1945, the Women’s Committee’s goal was to expand membership and fundraise, and these exhibitions were part of that mandate. Renamed the Volunteer Committee in 1974, the organization was formally disbanded in 1998 after 50 years of service.
This on-site work features a classic Jackson vista of Georgian Bay, including a foreground tide pool in the region’s famous pink granite, counterpointed by driftwood and sprouts of resilient green vegetation. The island in the far distance serves to express the rugged, expansive energy of an area that inspired Jackson for more than half a century, and continues to inspire artists to this day.
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