Sold for: $52,650

PROVENANCE
The PSBGM Cultural Heritage Foundation
Sold sale of Fine Canadian Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, May 15, 2013, lot 115
Private Collection, British Columbia

Purchased at Heffel's Spring 2013 auction for $52,650 including Buyer's Premium
Estimate was $25,000 - $35,000

LITERATURE
A.Y. Jackson, A Painter’s Country, The Autobiography of A.Y. Jackson, 1958, pages 100 and 101
Walter Klinkhoff, A.Y. Jackson Retrospective Exhibition, Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., 1990, listed, unpaginated

EXHIBITED
Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal, A.Y. Jackson Retrospective Exhibition, September 10 - 22, 1990, catalogue #9

In July of 1928, A.Y. Jackson traveled to Fort Resolution on the shores of the vast Great Slave Lake. It was an arduous journey by rail and boat, but Jackson was an experienced and enthusiastic explorer, and he was intrigued that this “was a part of their country few Canadians at that time knew anything about.” There was interesting sketching material there, for, as he wrote, “In the summer the Indians congregate at Resolution, where they erect their tents and teepees, making of the settlement a most picturesque place.” However in 1928, due to the influenza epidemic that year, many had scattered. Jackson encountered a challenge from the summer swarms of insects, which were relentless, even working their way into his paint, so he concentrated on pencil drawings – making this oil sketch all the more rare. This fascinating scene has a strong central motif in the teepee's bare poles, which frame the figures of two women. Jackson deftly captures the atmosphere of the endless Arctic day in the flickering opalescent tones in the sky.

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