CGP RCA
1881 - 1956
Canadian
Cacouna
oil on board, circa 1925
signed and on verso titled on the gallery label
8 3/8 x 10 1/2 in, 21.3 x 26.7 cm
Estimate: $20,000 - $25,000 CAD
Sold for: $38,025
Preview at: Heffel Vancouver
PROVENANCE
Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal
Private Collection, Ontario
Cacouna was an important location for Albert Robinson. Situated on the south shore of the St. Lawrence, some 200 kilometres downstream from Quebec City, it was here that he went on a series of productive trips with his old friend A.Y. Jackson in the 1920s. Two similar sketches of Cacouna, showing glimpses of the icy St. Lawrence through the rooftops, are in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, and works from Cacouna are amongst his most sought after.
Robinson is known as a superb colourist - one of the best of his generation. He had a great affection for snow scenes, and while white was often a dominant element, he used both warm and cool colours to build up the overall image. In this powerful sketch, the strong, horizontal band of the river, almost visibly moving from left to right, is depicted in a most striking blue-green. In contrast, he has used varying shades of mauve in the reflections in the snow and used the warm colour of the bare supporting board to complete the overall symphony of colour.
Estimate: $20,000 - $25,000 CAD
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