
95
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY, O.S.A., R.C.A.
ANTARCTICA FROM THE HEIGHTS, 1991
oil on canvas
signed
24 ins x 30 ins; 61 cms x 76.2 cms
Estimate $8,000-$12,000
Realised: $18,000
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About artist/note:
Doris McCarthy was an inveterate traveller and contentedly spent time sketching in remote locations. Nonetheless, this painting is less a travelogue than it is a record of Doris’ feel for the land. It is, as William Moore contends, “about the perceptual experience of the place.”
Literature:
William Moore, Doris McCarthy: Feast of Incarnation, Gallery Stratford, 1991, page 10.
Provenance:
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Ontario