Alexander Young Jackson 1882 - 1974

Estimate

18,000 - 22,000 CAD

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Description

Alexander Young Jackson
Muskeg, Lake Superior
signed lower right A.Y. JACKSON; signed and titled in pencil on the reverse
oil on panel
26.7 by 34.3 cm.
10 ½ by 13 ½ in.

Provenance

G. Blair Laing, Toronto

Private Collection, St. Catharines

Literature

A.Y. Jackson, A Painter's Country: The Autobiography of A.Y. Jackson, Toronto, 1958, p. 48

Catalogue Note

Jackson was first at Lake Superior in 1924. He wrote, "I know of no more impressive scenery in Canada for the landscape painter... inland are intimate little lakes and stretches of muskeg..."