Inventory # PCRE-07426-0156

PROVENANCE
Estate of the Artist
Private Collection, Alberta

Heffel is pleased to present an exclusive offering of four lithograph prints by renowned Canadian landscape artist Doris McCarthy. Acquired directly from the artist’s estate in 2019, the lithographs were created at the height of McCarthy’s remarkable career. Having achieved widespread acclaim for her atmospheric renderings of Canada, in the spring of 1991 McCarthy travelled to St. John’s, Newfoundland to study stone lithography at St. Michael’s Printshop. The resulting works capture McCarthy’s most iconic subjects—icebergs, the Antarctic, and coastal Newfoundland. With a confident command of form and colour, McCarthy’s bold compositions distill essential aspects of the Canadian landscape, offering viewers a vivid glimpse into the remote locations that inspired her most.

McCarthy had long expressed a desire to visit Antarctica, and in early 1991, she finally realized this ambition by joining a tour organized by the American Museum of Natural History. The tour encountered abundant ice floes in the southernmost points of their journey. The lithograph Ice Floes echoes the movement and blue-yellow palette of one of McCarthy’s most celebrated paintings - Antarctica from Above (1991), which was featured on the cover of “Celebrating Life: The Art of Doris McCarthy” and holds the world auction record for the artist.

Please note this work is unframed, and the full sheet size is 22 x 30 inches. Please contact Heffel Calgary for framed print pricing.

All prices are in Canadian Dollars

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