1815 - 1872
Canadian
The Sleigh Race
oil on canvas
signed, dated 1856 and inscribed "Quebec" and on verso titled on the gallery label and stamped with the Watson Art Galleries wax seal
17 x 24 in, 43.2 x 61 cm
Estimate: $150,000 - $250,000 CAD
Sold for: $181,250
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PROVENANCE
Acquired at auction in London, UK, by Watson Art Galleries, Montreal, circa 1920
Acquired from the above by Gavin L. Ogilvie, Montreal, January 1921
By descent to the present Private Collection, Toronto
LITERATURE
Marius Barbeau, Cornelius Krieghoff: Pioneer Painter of North America, 1934, mentioned page 58 and listed pages 81 and 110
Marius Barbeau, Cornelius Krieghoff, The Gallery of Canadian Art No. 1, 1962, listed page 10
EXHIBITED
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Exhibition of Paintings by Cornelius Krieghoff, 1815 - 1872, February - March 1934, traveling in 1934 to Art Association of Montreal, catalogue #99
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Estimate: $150,000 - $250,000 CAD
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