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LOT 052

BCSFA CGP OC RCA
1913 - 2007
Canadien

The Thompson River, from Walhachin
aquarelle sur carte
signé et daté et au verso signé, titré et daté
20 1/8 x 24 1/4 po, 51.1 x 61.6 cm

Estimation : 25 000 $ - 35 000 $ CAD

Vendu pour : 55 250 $

Exposition à : Heffel North Vancouver Facility – sur rendez-vous seulement

PROVENANCE
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Estate of Michel Moreault, former director of the Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Sale of Heffel Fine Art Auction House, November 22, 2017, lot 052


E.J. Hughes made a number of sketching trips to the British Columbia interior and was specifically in the area of the Thompson River in 1956 and 1963. The winding nature of the river made it particularly visually attractive, and the vantage point at Walhachin has an interesting history. Now a ghost town, it was once home to an affluent colony of English settlers and was called “Canada’s Camelot.” However, Hughes’s interest lies with the striking landscape—in the contrast between the arid hills and the river with rich growth along its banks, and the dramatic aerial view fading into the distance under banks of clouds. Emphasizing the serpentine line of the river is the railway and row of telephone poles running alongside it; their repeated man-made pattern is the kind of motif that intrigued the artist. Natural patterns are also captured—in the reflections of trees at the calm edges of the river and in the eddies at its centre. The date of 1973 reveals Hughes’s habit of revisiting sketches of his subjects; clearly this lofty panorama piqued his interest again some years after his initial visits.


Estimation : 25 000 $ - 35 000 $ CAD

Tous les prix affichés sont en dollars canadiens


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