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LOT 239

CGP CSPWC G7 OC POSA PRCA
1898 - 1992
Canadian

Country Crisis
oil on canvas
signed and on verso titled, dated 1940 on the Galerie Dresdnere label, inscribed with the Galerie Dresdnere inventory #13575 and stamped OP2064001
37 x 45 in, 94 x 114.3 cm

Estimate: $600,000 - $800,000 CAD

Sold for: $1,534,000

Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave

PROVENANCE
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto
Peter F. Bronfman, Montreal
Private Collection
Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art Inc., Vancouver
Peter and Joanne Brown Collection, Vancouver, acquired from the above in 1983

LITERATURE
Paul Duval, A.J. Casson, 1951, reproduced page 48
Margaret Gray, Margaret Reid and Lois Steen, A.J. Casson, 1976, page 49
Paul Duval, A.J. Casson, His Life and Works: A Tribute, 1980, pages 83 and 92, reproduced on the front cover and page 117
Roger Boulet, The Canadian Earth: Landscape Paintings by the Group of Seven, 1982, reproduced page 73


For full cataloguing, essay and images in PDF format please click here


Estimate: $600,000 - $800,000 CAD

All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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