CGP OSA PRCA
1898 - 1967
Canadian
From Dufferin Terrace
oil on board
on verso titled and titled Vu de la Terrace Dufferin on the gallery label
8 x 10 1/4 in, 20.3 x 26 cm
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000 CAD
Sold for: $11,700
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal
Private Collection, Toronto
Dufferin Terrace is a boardwalk along the St. Lawrence River in Old Quebec, below the historic Château Frontenac and above the Petit-Champlain. With its panoramic views across the water to Lévis and of ferries plying the river, and with its beautiful gazebo and decorative light fixtures, it was a fine site for public festivities in Robert Pilot’s time, and still is today. From Dufferin Terrace is serene. Pilot has captured both the serenity of nature in the gentle evening grey and a feeling of urban harmony in the strolling people. There is no hustle or sense of urgency; instead, this work is a picture of quiet ease. Pilot was particularly interested in twilight, which he painted with a sense of sincerity that comes from critical observation. He understood the various qualities of light, and his dots of reflected light on the distant river play against the glow from the street lamp, which differs again in its quality from the lights in the windows of the ferry. Together with his careful selection of colours, Pilot gives us a poetic depiction of evening as it descends upon Dufferin Terrace.
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000 CAD
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