signed lower right; a scene of a boatyard on the reverse (signed lower right)
8.5 × 10.5 in (21.6 × 26.7 cm)
Auction Estimate:$2,500 - $3,500
Sale date:May 31, 2016
Price Realized
$7,475
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Estate of the Artist
Private Collection, Ontario
A lovely and poetic atmosphere in this work records an image of Toronto as it once existed, more than eighty years ago, before the city's transformation towards a world-class centre of the twenty-first century. Sheppard's depiction of the skyline includes the prominent and towering outline of the Canadian Bank of Commerce building, the 34-storey structure enjoying the status of being the tallest building in the Commonwealth from 1931 to 1962.
