BCSFA CGP
1871 - 1945
Canadian
Beach Scene, Victoria, BC
oil on board, circa 1919
12 x 15 7/8 in, 30.5 x 40.3 cm
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 CAD
Sold for: $49,725
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the Artist by Elizabeth Cooper, Victoria, circa mid-1920s
By descent to the present Private Collection, Seattle
Beach Scene, Victoria, BC is a captivating work from Emily Carr’s lean period of intermittent painting and financial hardship. Disconnected from artistic happenings in eastern Canada in the early 1920s, Carr fostered friendships with artists in the neighbouring region of Seattle, notably with the artists and teachers Viola and Ambrose Patterson. They encouraged her to exhibit in Seattle, and as a result of these shows, painters from the region began to visit Carr in Victoria in 1924. This work was acquired from Carr by Elizabeth Cooper, a highly regarded modernist painter in Seattle and a member of the regional Group of Twelve. Despite the difficulties of this period, this work demonstrates Carr’s confidence in painting her own vision of the landscape, focusing on elements of colour and light. This work is similar to Along the Cliff, Beacon Hill, Victoria, 1919, sold by Heffel in spring 2012.
Included with this lot is a letter from John M. Cooper, son of Elizabeth Cooper, to Eliza E. Rathbone, then Assistant Curator of Twentieth Century Art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, which mentions this painting.
On verso there is a pencil sketch of a watering can.
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 CAD
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