NOVEMBER 2012 ONLINE SALE CATALOGUE Opens: 01-Nov-2012 04:00:00 PM Estimated closing time: 29-Nov-2012 04:00:00 PM (with 3 minutes extension until no further bids received) Viewing: All works can be viewed on the Internet at www.heffel.com and at Heffel Gallery, 2247 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, or at Heffel Fine Art Auction House, 13 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto, ON, or at Gallerie Heffel, 1840 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, Canada Note: Sale to be held through the Internet at www.heffel.com. Any estimates for this sale are in Canadian Dollars. Telephone and absentee bids accepted. Buyer's Premium 17% Heffel Fine Art Auction House Heffel Gallery Inc. Heffel Fine Art Auctioneers Galerie Heffel Québec Ltée. 2247 Granville Street 13 Hazelton Avenue 104 Daly Avenue 1840 rue Sherbrooke Ouest Vancouver, BC, V6H 3G1 Toronto, ON, M5R 2E1 Ottawa, ON, K1N 6E7 Montreal, QC, H3H 1E4 Phone: 00 1 604 732 6505 Phone: 00 1 416 961-6505 Phone: 00 1 613 230 6505 Phone: 00 1 514 939-6505 Mobile: 00 1 604 418 6505 Fax: 00 1 416 961-4245 Fax: 00 1 613 230 8884 Fax: 00 1 514 939-1100 Fax: 00 1 604 732 4245 Email: [email protected] NOVEMBER 2012 ONLINE SALE CATALOGUE Page: 1 of 85 201 ROBERT BATEMAN OC 1930 - Canadian Fishing Hole ~ Grizzly acrylic on board signed and dated 2012 and on verso titled 12 x 24 inches 30.5 x 61 centimeters Provenance: Donated by Robert Bateman to The Pacific Salmon Foundation Exhibited: Literature: Fishing Hole - Grizzly was donated by Robert Bateman to the Pacific Salmon Foundation to celebrate their 25th anniversary. The Foundation is the only organization dedicated to the conservation of Pacific salmon in Canada. The Foundation raises money and makes grants to over 300 volunteer organizations that work on behalf of salmon throughout British Columbia. In the last 25 years, the Foundation has engaged more than 35,000 volunteers. It has granted $34 million to Pacific salmon projects, with every dollar granted being leveraged several fold through local community donations. Through these funds, more than one million square meters of streams and estuaries have been rehabilitated, and research and educational initiatives for BC’s salmon have been supported. The proceeds of this sale will benefit projects supported by the Foundation. Starting Bid: $22,500 CDN Estimate: $25,000 ~ $35,000 CDN Preview at: Heffel Fine Art Auction House Vancouver 202 SAMUEL BORENSTEIN CAS QMG 1908 - 1969 Canadian Aberdeen Ave., Westmount, PQ oil on board signed and on verso signed, titled, dated Dec. 8, 1964 and inscribed by the artist "Not for Sale" 12 x 16 inches 30.5 x 40.6 centimeters Provenance: Kastel Gallery, Montreal Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal Private Collection, Montreal Exhibited: Literature: Starting Bid: $8,000 CDN Estimate: $9,000 ~ $12,000 CDN Preview at: Heffel Gallery Montreal NOVEMBER 2012 ONLINE SALE CATALOGUE Page: 2 of 85 203 ALFRED JOSEPH (A.J.) CASSON CGP CSPWC G7 POSA PRCA 1898 - 1992 Canadian Buck Hill, Bird's Creek watercolour and graphite on paper signed and on verso titled and dated 1958 on the gallery label 11 x 13 1/2 inches 27.9 x 34.3 centimeters Provenance: Roberts Gallery, Toronto By descent to the present Private Collection, Ontario Exhibited: Literature: Paul Duval, A.J. Casson, Roberts Gallery, 1975, page 71 The medium of watercolour was very important to A.J. Casson, and he and fellow Group of Seven artist Franklin Carmichael worked to raise its status, which they felt had been neglected. During the April 1930 Group exhibition, Casson and Carmichael exhibited watercolours exclusively, insisting on having a special room set aside for them. Paul Duval states, “By 1930 Casson had become one of the most powerful and expressive watercolour painters Canada has known.” His command of composition and utter assurance with technique had reached a pinnacle. Buck Hill, Bird’s Creek, with its transparent washes of various hues of green depicts a hillside glowing with summer vitality. In the pale blue sky above are cloud formations in Casson’s geometric style, a fine contrast to the verdant treed landscape below. Starting Bid: $15,000 CDN Estimate: $15,000 ~ $20,000 CDN Preview at: Heffel Fine Art Inc. Toronto 204 ALFRED JOSEPH (A.J.) CASSON CGP CSPWC G7 POSA PRCA 1898 - 1992 Canadian Madawaska Valley – Palmer Rapids oil on board signed and on verso signed on the board and on the artist's label, titled and dated 1956 on the artist's label 12 x 15 inches 30.5 x 38.1 centimeters Provenance: Warwick Gallery, Vancouver Private Collection, British Columbia Exhibited: Literature: Through the 1940s and 1950s, recognition continued to grow for A.J. Casson. In 1949 he was elected President of the Royal Canadian Academy, and during the 1940s and 1950s served on the executive committees of the Ontario College of Art and The Art Gallery of Toronto. He was also exhibiting internationally: in 1949 at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Virginia Museum in Richmond, USA, and in 1950 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. In 1951, the book A.J. Casson by Paul Duval was published. After the mid-1940s, Casson developed a number of styles, ranging from a geometric approach to a more natural style as is exemplified in this fine painting. Madawaska Valley, on the east side of Algonquin Park in Ontario, was an area of the province where Casson often camped and painted. With its strong sky, clarity of light and balanced composition, Madawaska Valley – Palmer Rapids recalls the strength and beauty of his Group of Seven period work. Starting Bid: $13,000 CDN Estimate: $15,000 ~ $20,000 CDN Preview at: Heffel Fine Art Auction House Vancouver NOVEMBER 2012 ONLINE SALE CATALOGUE Page: 3 of 85 205 ALFRED JOSEPH (A.J.) CASSON CGP CSPWC G7 POSA PRCA 1898 - 1992 Canadian Snowshowers Near Bancroft oil on panel signed and on verso signed and titled on a label 12 x 15 inches 30.5 x 38.1 centimeters Provenance: Roberts Gallery, Toronto Private Collection, Vancouver Exhibited: Ontario Society of Artists, Small Picture Exhibition, 1959 (label on verso) Literature: Starting Bid: $10,000 CDN Estimate: $12,000 ~ $16,000 CDN Preview at: Heffel Fine Art Auction House Vancouver 206 NICHOLAS DE GRANDMAISON ARCA OC 1892 - 1978 Canadian Daughter of Chief Crowfoot, Stoney Tribe pastel on sandpaper signed and on verso titled and inscribed "75.00" and "Presented by W.G. Carpenter to the Pattison Family, Christmas 1934" on a label 26 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches 67.3 x 54.6 centimeters Provenance: Acquired from W.G. Carpenter by the Pattison Family, 1934 By descent to the present Private Collection, Edmonton Exhibited: Literature: Starting Bid: $13,000 CDN Estimate: $15,000 ~ $20,000 CDN Preview at: Heffel Fine Art Auction House Vancouver 207 NICHOLAS DE GRANDMAISON ARCA OC 1892 - 1978 Canadian Indian Brave pastel on paper signed 26 x 20 1/2 inches 66 x 52.1 centimeters Provenance: Private Collection, Vancouver Exhibited: Literature: Starting Bid: $10,000 CDN Estimate: $12,000 ~ $16,000 CDN Preview at: Heffel Fine Art Auction House Vancouver NOVEMBER 2012 ONLINE SALE CATALOGUE Page: 4 of 85 208 MARC-AURÈLE FORTIN ARCA 1888 - 1970 Canadian Paysage à Sainte-Rose oil on card on board signed and on verso signed, titled, dated circa 1939 on a gallery label, inscribed "Landscape" and certified by Fortin inventory #H-0192 22 x 28 1/8 inches 55.9 x 71.4 centimeters Provenance: Galerie Claude Lafitte, Montreal Private Collection, Montreal Exhibited: Literature: This vivid landscape by Marc-Aurèle Fortin depicts the village of Sainte-Rose where he was born and lived much of his life; now a neighbourhood within the City of Laval, it was amalgamated along with numerous other smaller towns in 1965. Fortin was a daring experimenter in his work. He used intense, arresting colours against black and grey backgrounds, employing bold contrasts and white highlights. His work can be described as a decorative type of Fauvism, wherein brilliant colours are used within the parameters of carefully thought out compositions with lyrical lines and accenting patterns. In this work, the fence line repeats the accenting strokes of white in the sky, and Fortin’s brushwork has areas of consistent patterning that unify the work overall. His delicate treatment of the lines of the tree limbs and their endmost branches exemplify Fortin’s skill with the large, lush trees which he often sought out to paint. The delicate raw umber leaves, which drip down from the uppermost edges of the work, are especially fine. Starting Bid: $25,000 CDN Estimate: $30,000 ~ $40,000 CDN Preview at: Heffel Fine Art Auction House Vancouver NOVEMBER 2012 ONLINE SALE CATALOGUE Page: 5 of 85 209 ALEXANDER YOUNG (A.Y.) JACKSON ALC CGP G7 OSA RCA RSA 1882 - 1974 Canadian Coldwell, Lake Superior oil on panel signed and on verso signed, titled and inscribed "Studio Building Severn St., Toronto" 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches 21.6 x 26.7 centimeters Provenance: Dominion Gallery, Montreal Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal By descent to the present Private Collection, Calgary Exhibited: Literature: Wayne Larsen, A.Y. Jackson, The Life of a Landscape Painter, 2009, page 116 A.Y. Jackson’s first sketching trip to Lake Superior was in autumn of 1921, when he and fellow Group of Seven artist Lawren Harris continued on there after a trip to Algoma. In autumn of 1922, Jackson again accompanied Harris to Lake Superior. One of their sketching places on this trip was the village of Coldwell on the North Shore of Lake Superior, as seen in this atmospheric sketch.