Joyner’s Canadian Art Auction

May 25, 2012

LOT 53

Lot 53

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

ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON, O.S.A., P.R.C.A.
Lot 53 Details
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON, O.S.A., P.R.C.A.

HUMBER RIVER, WOODBRIDGE, JULY - 1921

oil on board
signed and dated /21
9.25 ins x 11.25 ins; 23.1 cms x 28.1 cms

Estimate $20,000-$30,000

Realised: $18,880
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

Literature:

Paul Duval, A.J. Casson, His Life & Works/A Tribute, Toronto, 1980, page 54.

Note:

Discussing A.J. Casson’s works of the early 1920s which featured green tones predominately, Duval notes that, “Casson has always felt a special attraction for green landscapes, considering them a special challenge, and from time to time he has returned to summer themes which feature an almost acid green. During the early 1920s, A.Y. Jackson encouraged Casson to paint green compositions, after seeing such works as “Clearing” and “Green Day, Lake Kashagawigamog”. Jackson confessed: ‘I hate green,’ but congratulated his younger colleague on being one of the very few artists he knew who could handle that difficult colour successfully. Part of Casson’s reason for painting green, of course, was that his holidays were limited to the summer months. Autumn, winter and early spring were busy times at Rous and Mann” (the print advertising firm where Casson was employed between 1919 and 1926).

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