Lot 27
GEORGE AGNEW REID, O.S.A., P.R.C.A.
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Provenance:
Private Collection, Ontario
Note:
Reid’s focus on genre paintings fused European academic techniques with scenes excerpted from rural Canada, the backdrop of his own childhood. Reid often took a romantic view to scenes from the fledgling nation, well evidenced here by the woman waving to the male figure on his way to her door. Whether he is a relation or a stranger, Reid assuredly allows the viewer to fill in the blanks, a technique he was fond of using through his usage of enigmatic titles.
The protagonist in this watercolour bears a strong resemblance to the central figure in Reid’s The Call to Dinner, held in the permanent collection of the McMaster Museum of Art. Both women share a similar pose, one arm shading their eyes from the light—though the figure in this painting is depicted in what appears to be a more joyous moment of greeting.
CONDITION DETAILS
Good/Very good condition.
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