ALC CGP G7 OSA RCA
1873 - 1932
Canadian
Last Leaves, Algoma
oil on board, circa 1920
on verso titled, inscribed "an authentic work by J.E.H. Macdonald, Gerald Stevens" and "JEH MacDonald about 1920" by Thoreau MacDonald, monogrammed with the artist’s initials and stamped Walter Klinkhoff Gallery
8 3/8 x 10 1/2 in, 21.3 x 26.7 cm
Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000 CAD
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal
Private Collection, Toronto
Fine Canadian Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, May 28, 2014, lot 106
Private Collection, British Columbia
This lively and energetic sketch by J.E.H. MacDonald is full of movement and vigour. Rendered in a harmonious palette, a lively foreground is sliced through by an almost hidden pale blue lake, which peeks out from the foot of a deep blue hill. As the bushes reach skyward, overlaid with dried grass and twigs, we can feel the crisp crackle of Canadian autumn, when wind and the summer’s heat have drained the last bits of moisture from the plants and trees. MacDonald sought to get at the essence of nature in his plein air sketches. This pursuit led him to select a certain thicket, to choose a corner of a woodland, or to focus on the edge of a stream running over a rocky bank, creating froths of white and grey. Last Leaves, Algoma underscores MacDonald’s fascination with the landscape amidst seasonal change and signals his deep affection for the subtle facets of the forest.
Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000 CAD
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