Sold for: $17,550

PROVENANCE
The Art Emporium, Vancouver, 1976
Corporate Collection, Vancouver
Sold sale of Fine Canadian Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, November 28, 2013, lot 160
Private Collection, Toronto

A.Y. Jackson’s landscape paintings have often been described as tapestries of colour. Here the tapestry depicts the vivid autumn landscape of the Agawa River region in all its glory. The black branches of trees and shrubs and the defining forms of hills form the warp threads, and the rich purples, reds, varying golds and yellows become the weft threads that Jackson artfully wove together into a rolling rich pastoral in this charming panel. There is a sense of quavering movement in the work, as if wind is stirring the foliage, and this sense of movement is repeated in the way Jackson has depicted the river, which is dotted with whitewater in some places and reflects the foliage colours in others. The grey, silent sky makes a fine foil for the brilliant fall colours. Jackson never wavered in his love for on-the-spot painting. He was a restless wanderer, returning to his favourite spots often, as he did here to the Algoma District, ever in search of new vistas and fresh scenery.

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