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LOT 128

1815 - 1872
Canadien

Indian Canoeing
huile sur toile
signé et au verso titré
10 3/4 x 8 3/4 po, 27.3 x 22.2 cm

Estimation : 20 000 $ - 30 000 $ CAD

Vendu pour : 35 400 $

Exposition à : Heffel Toronto – 13 avenue Hazelton

PROVENANCE
Kennedy Galleries, New York
Private Collection, Toronto

BIBLIOGRAPHIE
J. Russell Harper, Krieghoff, 1979, page 137


Cornelius Krieghoff was a keen observer of First Nations peoples. He depicted them traveling to sell trade goods, canoeing and landing at portage spots, hunting and gathering in family groups at encampments, and always surrounded by sumptuous landscapes. During his Quebec City period, his figures are smaller subjects in Krieghoff’s larger vision of the wilderness they are traversing, and they stand as symbols of a noble people unspoiled by civilization. As J. Russell Harper asserts, “Not even Jean-Jacques Rousseau could have imagined a more idealistic relationship between man and nature...Krieghoff obviously had deep-seated feelings that sympathized with this life.” The difficult realities of native people’s lives were eschewed, and what remained was a heroic vision. Images such as this fine painting were sought after by Krieghoff's collectors, who ranged from prosperous businessmen to army officers who returned to England with his romantic images of Canada's wilderness.


Estimation : 20 000 $ - 30 000 $ CAD

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