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Current bid: $12,000 CAD
Bidding History
Paddle # Date Amount

325354 28-May-2020 11:32:59 AM $12,000

The bidding history list updated on: Friday, March 29, 2024 12:41:27

LOT 316

ALC CGP G7 OSA RCA RSA
1882 - 1974
Canadian

Hill at Eldorado Mines, Great Bear Lake
oil on board
signed and on verso signed, titled, dated 1938, inscribed variously and stamped with the Dominion Gallery stamp twice
10 1/2 x 13 in, 26.7 x 33 cm

Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000 CAD

Sold for: $15,000

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PROVENANCE
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Private Collection, Toronto


Between 1928 and 1965, A.Y. Jackson painted Canada’s far north many times. His earliest trips were by steamer ship and train, but in 1938 Jackson was contacted by mining promoter Gilbert LaBine to see if the artist would like to fly with him from Edmonton to his radium mine in the Northwest Territories. Never having experienced that particular area of the country, Jackson gladly accepted, arriving in August and staying until October. LaBine’s mine was located on the shores of Great Bear Lake. The mine was founded when LaBine, one of Canada’s most renowned prospectors, discovered a rich deposit of pitchblende, an ore from which radium and uranium can be refined. In Jackson’s depiction of this rocky hill near the mine, his earthy palette and undulating rhythms are expertly contrasted with his calm, open sky, which contains subtle touches of complimentary pink.


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