signed lower left; titled on an exhibition label on the reverse
9.25 × 11.25 in (23.5 × 28.6 cm)
Auction Estimate:$25,000 - $35,000
Sale date:December 6, 2023
Price Realized
$31,200
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art, Vancouver
Private Collection, Toronto
Heffel Fine Art, auction, Toronto, 24 November 2011, lot 103
Private Collection, Calgary
Exhibited
Department of Small Pictures, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, 1934
Following the disbanding of the Group of Seven in 1932, A.J. Casson helped found the Canadian Group of Painters in 1933, along with several members of the Group of Seven who also became members of the Canadian Group of Painters. Casson had also been working for Sampson-Matthews Ltd., the first Canadian silkscreen printing firm, since 1926. After Carmichael left in 1932 to teach at the Ontario College of Art, Casson became their Art Director and in 1946 their vice-president.
During this very active time for the artist, he completed “Passing Storm”. The oil painting showcases Casson’s painting style of clear colours and background designs, and a limited palette. His approach always retained what Lawren Harris had talked to him about - simplification and the elimination of all nonessentials
