Vendu pour : 11 700 $

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.

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