signed lower right; signed, titled and inscribed with inventory number 87042 on the reverse
18 × 14 in (45.7 × 35.6 cm)
Auction Estimate:$5,000 - $7,000
Sale date:November 20, 2018
Price Realized
$8,850
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Masters Gallery, Calgary
Private Collection, Victoria
John Kasyn's works are celebrated for the quiet nostalgia he presents through depictions of Edwardian homes in Canadian cities, the majority of which focus upon twentieth century Toronto. “Off Eastern Avenue”, Toronto provides a sense of warmth and comfort within a non-glamourized urban winter landscape, the attached homes showing worn snowy paths to the doors. Kasyn’s houses are homes, providing a lack of perfection and a clear sense of being “lived in”, the artist’s paintings connect his audience to memories of their first homes, streets, and neighbourhoods.
