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KARL HUBER
1898 - 1985 Canadian
Travelers Series: Walking the Rails
black and white inkjet print on archival paper
on verso editioned 2/20 and stamped
20 x 16 inches 50.8 x 40.6 centimeters
Provenance:
Exhibited:
Literature:
Private Collection, British Columbia
Please note: this work is unframed.
Starting Bid:
Estimate:
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$500 CDN
$1,000 ~ $1,500 CDN
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ALEXANDER YOUNG (A.Y.) JACKSON
ALC CGP G7 OSA RCA RSA 1882 - 1974 Canadian
Saint-Hilarion, Quebec
oil on board
signed and on verso signed and titled St. Hilarion, Quebec
8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches 21.6 x 26.7 centimeters
Provenance:
Exhibited:
Literature:
Estimate:
Acquired directly from the Artist
By descent to the present Private Collection, British Columbia
Naomi Jackson Groves, A.Y.’s Canada, 1968, page 74, a circa 1933 graphite drawing
of this scene entitled St. Hilarion, County Charlevoix, in the collection of the National
Gallery of Canada, reproduced page 75
Pierre B. Landry, editor, Catalogue of the National Gallery of Canada, Canadian Art,
Volume Two / G - K, National Gallery of Canada, 1994, a similar 1926 oil sketch
entitled Saint-Hilarion reproduced page 199, the 1930 canvas of the town entitled
The Road to Saint-Hilarion and the 1930 graphite drawing Sketch for The Road to
Saint-Hilarion reproduced page 237
In 1921, Group of Seven painter A.Y. Jackson began his legendary trips to the villages and rural
countryside of the north and south shores of the St. Lawrence River, which continued throughout the
1920s and 1930s. There were two documented sketching sojourns in this charming town, in 1925 and
1933, although other Saint-Hilarion works in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada suggest
additional dates of 1926 and 1930. Saint-Hilarion is located on the inland road from Baie-Saint-Paul to
La Malbaie, and Jackson described it as being “like one of the Italian hill towns; the country around is
cleared of trees, and the town stands on the top of the hill.” This is a classic, beautiful Jackson Quebec
scene depicting a peaceful village with the church at its heart, at the end of a winding road bordered by
a snake-fence. Jackson treasured this time before modernization, when people still used horses and
sleighs for transportation. Melting snow is depicted with luscious pastel tones and the village basks
serenely in the sun under a glorious blue sky with floating clouds.
Starting Bid: $32,500 CDN
$35,000 ~ $45,000 CDN
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