Lot 59
ALBERT JACQUES FRANCK, R.C.A.
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Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
Note:
Like other painters of urban scenes, such as John Kasyn, Albert Franck was often as interested in the rear view of the houses he painted as he was about their charming facades - perhaps even preferring this vantage. They are a glimpse into the private lives of Toronto residents where the gridlines of the city are betrayed by the sheds leaning up against the crooked fences. Clotheslines swaying in the cold breeze and paint jobs on cladding show the true colour preferences of the city’s residents. Franck recorded these angles of Toronto’s residential areas throughout the downtown, and while this painting doesn’t identify a specific street, it is an unmistakable record of a city in flux.
CONDITION DETAILS
The work is in very condition with no visible issues to report.
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