signed lower left; titled and inscribed “NJG 1861” (the initials and inventory number from Naomi Jackson Groves, the artist’s niece) on the reverse
13.25 × 10.5 in (33.7 × 26.7 cm)
Auction Estimate:$15,000 - $20,000
Sale date:May 31, 2016
Price Realized
$21,850
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Sotheby’s Canada, auction, Toronto, February 25, 2002, lot 76
Private Collection, Ontario
An April 1989 letter from artist Grace Morley McKenzie confirms that she was “painting with A.Y. Jackson in the Monument Channel when he painted this vertical picture of one of our favourite trees.” A listing for a Papermill Gallery 2006 retrospective exhibition of McKenzie's work (”60 Years of Grace: the art of Grace Morley McKenzie”) describes the artist as “refreshingly vivacious” and “determined in her artistic inclinations, despite attempts by many to redirect her.” The exhibition included some Georgian Bay landscapes which McKenzie painted with A.Y. Jackson. A copy of the letter from McKenzie is included with with this artwork.
