Canadian Fine Art Auction

November 21, 2016

LOT 62

Lot 62

JAMES DUNCAN, R.C.A.

JAMES DUNCAN, R.C.A.
Lot 62 Details
JAMES DUNCAN, R.C.A.

SHOOTING THE RAPIDS

watercolour, heightened with gouache
signed
6.5 ins x 9.5 ins; 15.2 cms x 23.5 cms

Estimate $4,000-$6,000

Realised: $9,600
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Provenance:

Private Collection, Montreal

Literature:

Dennis Reid, A Concise History of Canadian Painting (3rd edition), Oxford University Press, Don Mills, 2012, page 30.

Note:

Dennis Reid remarks upon how little is known about James Duncan given that he was active in the Montreal area for over fifty years. He adds that George Spendlove “a pioneer scholar of Canadian topographical art has said that ‘no artist has been more neglected by Canadians... although he was possibly for some years the best water-colourist in Canada (italics ours)’.”

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