Artist Alexander Young Jackson
Title Eskimo Houses Pond Inlet
Media ink on paper
Dated
1927
Size 8 x 10 in. / 20.3 x 25.4 cm.
Frame Size 16 x 17.5 x 0.75 in.
Sold $11,000
Estimate $8,000 - $10,000
Notes
signed lower left; titled along bottom in mat; bears date and inscription 'Original pen ink drawing, illustrated in his book 'The Far North' Plate 16 1927 Pond Inlet Eskimo Houses; 'the drawing was given to Lismer by AY Jackson, sold by his niece from estate' on backing; framed; some minor foxing noted
Reference
illustrated in The Far North; A Book of Drawings with and Introduction by Dr. F.G. Banting, and Descriptive Notes by the Artist, Plate 16; published by Rous & Mann Ltd., Toronto, 1927; photographs of book/plate provided by The Great Catsby’s Rare Books, Edmonton; catalogue from original purchase illustrated above
Provenance
The Art Emporium, Vancouver, label verso; purchased from the Herman Abramowitz Chapter of Hadassah Art Auction, Montreal, 1975 and by descent to a private collection, Edmonton
Biographical Information
Alexander Young Jackson ~ [1882-1974] Canadian CGP, OSA, RCA
see A.Y. Jackson Paintings 1902-1953, by Arthur Lismer, published by A.G.O, 1953; A Painter's Country - the Autobiography of A.Y. Jackson, published by Clarke, Irwin and Company, 1958; A.Y.'s Canada, Drawings by A.Y. Jackson edited by Naomi Jackson Groves, published by Clarke, Irwin and Company, 1968; Alberta Rhythm: The Later Works of A.Y. Jackson, by Dennis Reid, published by A.G.O., 1982; The Arctic 1927, by A.Y. Jackson, published by Penumbra Press, 1982; Young A.Y. Jackson, Lindsay A. Evans Memories 1902-6, edited by Naomi Jackson Groves, published by Edahl Productions Ltd., 1982; Jackson's Wars: A.Y. Jackson, the Birth of the Group of Seven, and the Great War, by Douglas Hunter, published by McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022
included in Works by A.Y. Jackson from the 1930's, by Naomi Jackson Groves, published by Carleton University, 1990; N.G.C. Vol. 2, G-K, edited by Charles Hill, pg. 177; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg. 205; R.C.A.A., by Evelyn McMann, pg. 204; M.M.F.A., by Evelyn McMann pg. 189; The Group of Seven in Western Canada, by Catherine Mastin, pg. 98-99
listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website