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Joyner’s Canadian Art Auction, 1st Session

November 25, 2008

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LOT 21

Lot 21

ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON, O.S.A., P.R.C.A.

ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON, O.S.A., P.R.C.A.
Lot 21 Details
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON, O.S.A., P.R.C.A.

GREY OCTOBER MORNING, 1953

oil on board
signed
30 ins x 36 ins; 75 cms x 90 cms

Estimate $50,000-$70,000

Realised: $80,500
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Lot Report

Provenance:

Private Collection, Toronto.

Literature:

Paul Duval, A.J. Casson, His Life & Works/A Tribute, Toronto, 1980, n.p., reproduced in colour.

Note:

Duval writes that Casson’s major works of the early 1950’s are closely related in both subject matter and dramatic atmosphere. “They are basically low-key landcapes which capture nature in her more sober garb. The regions depicted are elemental and forbidding in aspect.” The technique used throughout this period perfectly reflects the subject matter portrayed. The paintings, as in Grey October Morning, share a built up, dry, crust-like texture over much of their surface.

CONDITION DETAILS

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