Ice Sailing, Lake Ontario (circa 1912), circa 1912
oil on board
signed lower right
8.5 × 10.5 in (21.6 × 26.7 cm)
Auction Estimate:$3,000 - $4,000
Sale date:May 20 - 28, 2014
Price Realized
$2,760
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
The Estate of the Artist.
Private Collection, Ontario.
Ice yachting on Lake Ontario was a popular sport and pastime during the turn of the nineteenth century, enjoyed primarily by the upper classes, including the Roosevelts in the United States.
This lot includes a framed copy of a Toronto Archives photograph of a 1914 scene of Ice Sailing on Lake Ontario.
