CSPWC G7 OSA RCA
1890 - 1945
Canadian
Thornhill
oil on board
signed and on verso titled, dated 1917 and inscribed "G44" and "bought March 1956, $175."
10 x 12 in, 25.4 x 30.5 cm
Estimate: $60,000 - $80,000 CAD
Sold for: $128,700
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
Laing Galleries, Toronto
Private Collection, Winnipeg, 1956
By descent to the present Private Collection, Vancouver
In 1914 Franklin Carmichael took up residence at the Studio Building in Toronto, sharing space over the winter with Tom Thomson. It was an exciting time, as the artists that would become the Group of Seven were interacting and coalescing into a landscape movement. Carmichael was a part of the Group from the beginning, exhibiting with them consistently from 1920 to 1932. In 1916 he returned to working at the commercial art firm Rous & Mann Ltd. and took up residence in Thornhill, where fellow Group member J.E.H. MacDonald was also living. Now a northern suburb of Toronto, it was then a village, and striking landscape subjects were within easy reach. This beautiful autumn scene with its delicate lattice of branches in a screen of trees reflects Carmichael’s interest at this time in Japanese design and French Art Nouveau. Sketching out-of-doors, Carmichael captured the warm glow sweeping through the countryside with a rich palette dominated by gold and green and highlighted with luscious tones of mauve and orange. Brown outlines in the tree trunks and branches emphasize organic pattern in this delightful fall sketch.
Included with this lot is the original March 22, 1956 invoice from Laing Galleries for $175.
Estimate: $60,000 - $80,000 CAD
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