Sold for: $18,720

PROVENANCE
Exposition Art Gallery, Vancouver
Private Collection, Vancouver
Sold sale of Fine Canadian Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, May 15, 2013, lot 188
Private Collection, British Columbia

Purchased at Heffel's Spring 2013 auction for $18,720 including Buyer's Premium
Estimate was $18,000 - $22,000

LITERATURE
A.Y. Jackson, A Painter's Country, The Autobiography of A.Y. Jackson, 1958, page 49

A.Y. Jackson had a long and fruitful connection with Georgian Bay. A pivotal event in his career took place there: during a 1913 Georgian Bay sketching trip, he encountered art patron Dr. James MacCallum, who had a cottage on Go Home Bay. As well as providing the use of his cabin, MacCallum offered a year’s financial support if Jackson moved into the Studio Building in Toronto. Starting in February of 1920, Jackson spent two months sketching at Georgian Bay, principally at Penetanguishene and Franceville. Back in Toronto in April, he worked on Georgian Bay canvases for the first Group of Seven show in May. Jackson returned often to Georgian Bay up until 1967 – he had family and friends there, and declared it “one of my happy hunting grounds for camping and fishing in all seasons”. He explored its islands, intricate rocky channels and bays by canoe, finding fine subjects. This classic Group of Seven period work places the viewer intimately on the edge of a still channel. It reflects an image iconic to the Group - a stand of wind-blown pines above the rocky shore.

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