Canadian Fine Art Auction

May 26, 2014

LOT 34

Lot 34

FRANK HANS JOHNSTON, O.S.A., A.R.C.A.

FRANK HANS JOHNSTON, O.S.A., A.R.C.A.
Lot 34 Details
FRANK HANS JOHNSTON, O.S.A., A.R.C.A.

NIGHT ABOVE LAKE LOUISE

tempera on card
signed “Franz Johnston”
14 ins x 10 ins; 35.6 cms x 25.4 cms

Estimate $10,000-$15,000

Realised: $23,600
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

Provenance:

Kaspar Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto

Literature:

Catharine Mastin, "East Views West" in The Group of Seven in Western Canada, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, 2002, page 33 for Resorts in the Canadian Rockies, ca. 1924, reproduced in color.

Note:

In Night Above Lake Louise, Johnston uses his skill as a graphic artist to great effect. The simplified picture evokes a physical sensation, a shiver, from the evening's chill. In 1924, Johnston was commissioned to create artwork for promotion of the Canadian Pacific Railway mountain resorts. He would only return to the mountains one more time, in 1930. His stylish final cover design, with its high-contrast colours (circa 1924), in the collection of the Glenbow Museum, incorporates several images that closely relate to this lot. 

CONDITION DETAILS

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