Lot 54
HORACE CHAMPAGNE
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Provenance:
Prominent Canadian Corporate Collection
Note:
Horace Champagne spent many hours studying the spot where Rue Garneau meets Côte de la Fabrique in Old Québec City. He would often work in pastel en plein air on the spot and record scenes in smaller format that he wished to expand at a later date. The artist’s atmospheric talent for evoking Québec’s ancient narrow streets is on full display here. He explained, “and so, when I worked, I would say, what can I do to show the beauty of the city, Chateau Frontenac, these streets that go up and down, the snow, the slush….that’s got everybody beat in the winter. I had a lot of fun doing those street scenes at night, in the winter.”1 A work of this size by Champagne is a rarity, making this a highly covetable piece from the master pastellist.
1Pastel Society of the West Coast Magazine, “The Heart of an Artist” Vol.12 Is.4, Fall 2019, p.38
CONDITION DETAILS
The work is in excellent condition with no visible issues to report. Please note this work has not been examined out of the frame.
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