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LOT 018

BCSFA CGP OC RCA
1913 - 2007
Canadian

Abandoned Village, Rivers Inlet, BC
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1947 and on verso signed, titled, dated and inscribed "AMS" / "Med. Coat 17 Oct. 46" / "Lt. " "3 Jan. 47" and variously
32 x 40 in, 81.3 x 101.6 cm

Estimate: $1,250,000 - $1,750,000 CAD

Sold for: $1,801,250

Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave

PROVENANCE
Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1948

LITERATURE
Ian M. Thom, E.J. Hughes, Vancouver Art Gallery, 1967, reproduced, unpaginated
Jane Young, E.J. Hughes, 1931 - 1982: A Retrospective Exhibition, Surrey Art Gallery, 1983, reproduced page 61 and listed page 92
Ian M. Thom, E.J. Hughes, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2002, reproduced page 79
Aliyah Shamsher et al., Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia: Permanent Collection 1948 - 2008, 2008, reproduced page 9 and listed page 90, catalogue #9
Jacques Barbeau, The E.J. Hughes Album: The Paintings, Volume I, 1932 - 1991, 2011, reproduced page 9
Robert Amos, E.J. Hughes Paints British Columbia, 2019, reproduced page 35

EXHIBITED
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, The Brock Hall Collection of Canadian Paintings at the University of British Columbia, September 1957
Vancouver Art Gallery, E.J. Hughes, October 5 - 29, 1967, traveling to York University, Toronto, November 13 - December 8, 1967, catalogue #7
Surrey Art Gallery, E.J. Hughes, 1931 - 1982: A Retrospective Exhibition, November 18 - December 11, 1983, traveling in 1984 and 1985 to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Edmonton Art Gallery; Glenbow Museum, Calgary; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton
Vancouver Art Gallery, E.J. Hughes, January 30 - June 8, 2003, traveling in 2003 - 2004 to the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Penticton Art Gallery, Students Collect: University of British Columbia Alma Mater Society Student Art Collection: 1948 - 1968, collection of the Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia, July 11 - September 7, 2008


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Estimate: $1,250,000 - $1,750,000 CAD

All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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