FCA OSA PRCA
1909 - 2001
Canadian
Trading with a Hudson’s Bay Company Ship, 17th Century
oil on canvas, 1955
signed and on verso titled on the Hudson’s Bay Company Collection label and inscribed variously
30 5/8 x 27 3/4 in, 77.8 x 70.5 cm
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CAD
Sold for: $217,250
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PROVENANCE
Collection of the Hudson’s Bay Company, Canada
LITERATURE
Hudson’s Bay Company, Company Calendar, 1957, reproduced
The Beaver, June – July 1996, reproduced front cover
Andrea M. Paci, “Picture This: Hudson’s Bay Company Calendar Images and Their Documentary Legacy, 1913 – 1970,” master’s thesis, University of Manitoba / University of Winnipeg, 2000, listed pages 119 and 125, titled as 17th Century Eskimos Trading with H.B.C. Ship
Although its first permanent arctic trading post was not established until 1909 at Cape Wolstenholme, the Hudson’s Bay Company had engaged in regular trade with the Inuit communities of the Hudson Strait as early as the seventeenth century. Images such as this, where Inuit expertly navigate the ice floes, bringing fox furs and polar bear skins by kayak, showcase the reach of these early trading relationships.
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Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CAD
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