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ONLINE AUCTION
Fine Canadian Art | Part II

May 05 - May 26, 2022

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This session is closed for bidding.
Current bid: $1,200 CAD
Bidding History
Paddle # Date Amount

824243 26-May-2022 01:53:51 PM $1,200

10457 26-May-2022 12:14:58 PM $1,100

824243 05-May-2022 10:35:57 PM $1,000

The bidding history list updated on: Monday, March 18, 2024 10:22:59

LOT 216

1935 - 2002
Canadian

A Following Breeze, The Yankee Clipper Black Hawk
oil on canvas
signed
24 x 36 in, 61 x 91.4 cm

Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000 CAD

Sold for: $1,500

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PROVENANCE
Harrison Galleries, Vancouver
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Ottawa, July 30, 1980


A brochure on Robert McVittie's work accompanies this lot, along with a handwritten and signed note by the artist that reads: "Not too much is known of the history of this vessel, what is known is that she was built for the California trade in 1859 by William H. Webb of New York for Messrs. Bucklin and Crane. She was a medium sized vessel of 1108 tons and was commanded by a Captain Bowers. It is recorded that she made some very fine passages round Cape Horn in her early years after which she disappears from record and her future fate is unknown. Enough to say that she was a fine example of the 'Down East' clippers of that era."


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