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PROVENANCE
Women's Committee, London
Private Collection, Ontario
By descent to the present Private Collection, Ontario

BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Margaret Gray, Margaret Rand and Lois Steen, A.J. Casson, 1976, reproduced page 40

This work likely dates from the early 1950s. A.J. Casson had switched to the larger 12 x 15 inch board during this period, and the lack of a formal gallery label on the reverse suggests it predates his exclusive relationship with Toronto’s Roberts Gallery. It presents a rare subject for the period, as many of the artist’s works depicting winter are from the period following his retirement from the design firm Sampson Matthews Limited in 1957. Prior to that, most of Casson’s extended sketching trips were taken in the summer because of the demands of employment.

The strong design of the composition unites the angular rock and the layers of trees with a subtly rendered blanket of snow. Most striking, however, is Casson’s ability to successfully compose a work within a tightly restricted palette, a skill honed during his many years as a graphic designer.

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