inscribed “I certify that this is original Lawren Harris sketch - Howard K. Harris” at left side; inscribed “F.46” lower right
7.25 × 9.75 in (18.4 × 24.8 cm) (sheet)
Auction Estimate:$4,000 - $6,000
Sale date:November 16 - 30, 2021
Price Realized
$4,200
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Sotheby’s Important Canadian Art, auction, June 3 & 4, 1986, Lot 86
Private Collection, Toronto
Literature
Jeremy Adamson, “Lawren Harris: Urban Scenes and Wilderness Landscapes 1906-1930”, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1978, page 25
Pencil studies, oil sketches and paintings of houses between circa 1909-1926 are a distinctive period in the creative output of Lawren Harris. His depictions of urban scenes are captivating. This detail of a verandah, as well as studies of a tree and foliage, was perhaps executed in Toronto, Barrie or another Southern Ontario town, assisting to inform a later composition by the artist.
According to Jeremy Adamson, “No other member of the Group of Seven painted Toronto subjects as consistently as Harris... The earliest downtown Toronto scenes are a series of pencil sketches that date from c. 1909-10... These drawings are all essentially descriptive and what appears to have excited the artist’s interest most was the picturesque variety of the architectural motifs.”
Lawren Stewart Harris - Study of a Verandah | Cowley Abbott