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LOT 105

AAM CGP CSGA CSPWC G7 OSA RCA
1885 - 1969
Canadian

Emerald Lake
oil on board
signed and on verso dated circa 1928 and stamped with the estate stamp
12 3/4 x 15 3/4 in, 32.4 x 40 cm

Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000 CAD

Sold for: $25,000

Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave

PROVENANCE
The Art Emporium, Vancouver, 1971
By descent to the present Private Collection, Ontario

LITERATURE
Lois Darroch, Bright Land: A Warm Look at Arthur Lismer, 1981, page 69


Arthur Lismer traveled to the Rocky Mountains in 1928, and he was uplifted and challenged by their majesty. On seeing Cathedral Mountain, he described it as “like a great Gothic structure…From every angle and in a vast territory like this you had to talk to your prey…to find a way of getting at it…There were buttresses and pillars, towers and supporting weights like a vast piece of architecture.” Structure was of great interest to Lismer in the Rockies, and his rugged depiction of their dramatic geology dominates this work. Emerald Lake is almost abstract in its treatment of the precipitous planes of the rock formations, whose peaks soar into the clouds and project beyond the top of the painting’s edge. To balance this, Lismer includes a brilliant blue sky – as he stated, “You look up and find the glory” – and a jewel-like turquoise green glacial lake at the mountain’s base. Lismer’s vertical panorama is visceral in its cragginess and inspiring in its grandeur.


Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000 CAD

All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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