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LOT 135

CGP CSPWC G7 OC POSA PRCA
1898 - 1992
Canadian

Quiet Sundown, Halfway Lake
oil on board, circa 1958
signed and on verso signed, titled and inscribed with stock #3795 on the Roberts Gallery label
12 x 15 in, 30.5 x 38.1 cm

Estimate: $30,000 - $40,000 CAD

Sold for: $61,250

Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave

PROVENANCE
Roberts Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Ontario


Halfway Lake was a preferred sketching location for A.J. Casson, for reasons both artistic and practical. Located north-east of Toronto between the communities of Barry’s Bay and Combermere, it is relatively accessible while still possessing a rugged beauty reminiscent of nearby Algonquin Park. The foreground terrain with the stumps left a clear path for Casson to approach the lake to paint the stunning vista. Casson’s fine sense of composition, honed by many years with the Group of Seven and a long career in commercial art design with Sampson Matthews Limited, is fully manifested here. A golden sunset light rakes across the scene from the left, touching trees and the hillside. Casson’s depiction of the lake surface shows his expert handling of effects – one section is opaque, as if ruffled by a breeze, another is still, showing the reflection of the stylized trees. The elements of this landscape have a fine sense of balance: the powerful shape of the central hill looms, while in the distance, triangular misty hills are contrasted by drifting cirrus cloud formations. This is an outstanding mid-career work, likely from about 1958, when Casson retired from Sampson Matthews to devote himself full time to his painting.


Estimate: $30,000 - $40,000 CAD

All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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