Lot 66
ROBERT BATEMAN
Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto.
Literature:
Ramsay Derry, The Art of Robert Bateman, Toronto, 2006, pages 106-107, reproduced in colour.
Note:
Bateman recalls that "this picture, the largest I have ever painted, contains symbols of the early interrelationship between man and nature in Southern Ontario. Maple is the landmark tree of the area - maple syrup was one of the original industries - and, here, young sugar maples are regenerating at the edge of the woods. The field, first cleared a century and more ago, has the classic split-rail cedar fence. This has the advantage of being made entirely of local material and of being self-supporting, but it takes up a lot of space, so it only survives now in places where the farmland is not too valuable. The blue jay is a boisterous winter bird not too much intimidated by humans. I have echoed the blue and white patterns of its wings in the shadows on the snow".
CONDITION DETAILS
-bottom right area of the work contains approximately 3-5 small spots of dirt
-a larger area of dirt exists directly below the plant in the lower right foreground of the work (the dirt is close to the edge of the frame)
-the bottom left corner of the work has approximately 2-3 small areas of dirt
-otherwise, the work is in very good condition