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LOT 183

FCA
1903 - 1990
Canadien

The Green Growler of Pond Inlet
huile sur panneau
signé et daté et au verso signé, titré et daté
35 3/4 x 48 1/2 po, 90.8 x 123.2 cm

Estimation : 10 000 $ - 15 000 $ CAD

Vendu pour : 11 115 $

Exposition à : Heffel Vancouver

PROVENANCE
Sold sale of Fine Canadian Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, May 10, 2000, lot 182
Private Collection, USA
Sold sale of Fine Canadian Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, May 15, 2013, lot 183


Inscribed on verso by the artist: “This iceberg entered Pond Inlet from Greenland three years before, and much larger than at present. The character of its ice revealed its birthplace. It moved around Pond Inlet under the caprice of winds and tides. In its appearance here it had been grounded for over three years. The sunshine had reduced its above-water volume. The cold water did not affect the submerged part much. It was about one mile west of the Shaw boat-launching beach and about 800 yards offshore to the north. A weighted depth line indicated 195 feet of water. The launching beach is another mile west of the centre of Pond Inlet village. A good truck road connects the two places. The iron-brown hills to the north form the south shore of Bylot Island with three large glaciers reaching tide-water. Bylot was Baffin’s excellent navigator.”

The term “growler” refers to a piece of glacier ice, often transparent, appearing green or almost black. This glacier is an extraordinary sculpted shape, resembling an Arctic cathedral, a remarkable subject for this exceptional painting by Donald Flather.


Estimation : 10 000 $ - 15 000 $ CAD

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