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LOT 110

BCSFA CGP
1871 - 1945
Canadian

Cordova Drift
oil on canvas
signed M. Emily Carr and on verso titled on the National Gallery of Canada and the T. Eaton Fine Art gallery labels, dated 1931 on the National Gallery of Canada label and inscribed "FW" / "1946" / "Liner"
30 x 36 in, 76.2 x 91.4 cm

Estimate: $2,000,000 - $3,000,000 CAD

Sold for: $3,361,250

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PROVENANCE
The Fine Art Galleries, T. Eaton Co. Ltd., Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto, circa 1950
By descent to the present Private Collection, Toronto

LITERATURE
Doris Shadbolt, The Art of Emily Carr, 1979, reproduced pages 150 and 212, the related work entitled Cordova Bay listed and reproduced page 212
Doris Shadbolt, Emily Carr, National Gallery of Canada, 1990, reproduced page 169

EXHIBITED
Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr, October 12 - 23, 1938, traveling in 1938 to the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Department of English, faculty room in the library, catalogue #27
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Emily Carr, June 29 – September 3, 1990, catalogue #131


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Estimate: $2,000,000 - $3,000,000 CAD

All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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