Vendu pour : 28 125 $

PROVENANCE
The Framing Gallery, Toronto
Collection of Dr. Henrietta Banting, Toronto, 1964
Sold sale of Canadian Art, Joyner Fine Art, May 16, 1989, lot 91
Private Collection, Toronto

While Arthur Lismer was exceptionally capable of depicting the grand vistas and expressions of nature’s magnitude for which the Group of Seven are renowned, his tightly framed compositions of dockside detritus and tangles of undergrowth serve as an interesting and important counterpoint. These compositions constitute a sizable portion of his body of work, and he focused on them throughout his long and multi-faceted career, producing numerous examples during his time in Ontario, British Columbia and Nova Scotia. In this especially successful study, one senses his fascination with the organic jumble of form and colour at play in the vegetation and rock, expressed via his bold palette and demonstrative textures. As with much of Lismer’s work, Georgian Bay exudes a celebratory and jubilant tone – one of an artist who never failed to revel in the joys of creativity. This painting also boasts a fascinating provenance, having once been owned by Lady Henrietta Banting – doctor, cancer researcher, pioneering advocate for women in medicine, and wife of artist and scientist Sir Frederick Banting.

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