CSPWC OC OSA RCA
1910 - 2010
Canadian
Ice Forms, Lake Harbour
watercolour on paper
signed and on verso titled and dated 1984 on the gallery label
15 x 22 in, 38.1 x 55.9 cm
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CAD
Sold for: $3,750
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PROVENANCE
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto
Estate of the Artist
Private Collection, Alberta
LITERATURE
Stuart Reid, “Island Sketches: Thoughts on Watercolour Paintings of Doris McCarthy,” Celebrating Life: The Art of Doris McCarthy, 1999, page 219
“McCarthy’s icebergs are not themselves painted, but are rather the void that is left on the page. They are indescribable, phantom structures that cannot be captured by the artist but instead are articulated by the colour light they cast, their shadows, the sky, and the cold, blue sea that surrounds them. How appropriate that the pigment in this process of painting is suspended in water, which in its many forms is the seas, is the ice, is the clouds.”
“Twice Around the World: Works by Doris McCarthy” comes to Heffel from a private collector and personal friend of the artist, committed to the promotion of McCarthy’s legacy. The works included were acquired directly from McCarthy’s Estate in 2019, and since then, the inspired patron has donated more than 400 artworks to the University of Toronto Scarborough’s Doris McCarthy Gallery. The thoughtful division of the collection ensures McCarthy’s work is comprehensively represented in the public domain and accessible to scholars, art professionals and the community. Heffel is honoured to present a select group of works from this important collection for private collectors to embrace and enjoy.
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