signed lower left; a farmstead landscape on the reverse
12.5 × 16.25 in (31.8 × 41.3 cm)
Auction Estimate:$4,000 - $6,000
Sale date:May 25, 2017
Price Realized
$11,500
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto
Exhibited
“74th Annual Exhibition”, Ontario Society of Artists, Art Gallery of Toronto, March 9 - April 13, 1946
Best known for rural landscapes and farmstead scenes, Housser’s distinct use of jewel and earth tones create visually rich compositions.
“Harvest Time” captures the warm glow of the autumnal sun casting over the rolling hills of a rural farmstead. A well-balanced composition, the central farming structures anchor the scene while forced perspective is employed in the hills and rows of wheat and grain waiting to be harvested. Impressionistic in rendering light and shadow, this serene panel is vibrant and lively with movement with the artists use of sharp colour contrast and exaggerated fluid forms.
