LOT 31 JAMES EDWARD HERVEY MACDONALD, O.S.A., R.C.A.
NEAR MT. ODARAY, ROCKY MTS., oil on board, signed with initials and dated “Sept 4, ‘28”
8 1/2" x 10 1/2"; 21.3 cm x 26.3 cm
Auction Estimate: $40000 / $60000
Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto.
Literature:
Paul Duval, The Tangled Garden, Scarborough, Ontario, 1978, pages 142-143.
Lisa Christensen, The Lake O’Hara Art of J.E.H. MacDonald and Hiker’s Guide, Calgary, 2003, page 108 for an account of the Mt. Odaray paintings.
MacDonald made seven trips to the Rockies, each August from 1924 to 1930, and, as Duval writes, the artist’s affection for the mountains grew with each visit: “MacDonald certainly found peace and joy in the Rockies...On September 4, 1928, on the day this lot was painted, he wrote, ‘If it is possible to make reservations in Heaven, I am going to have an upper berth somewhere in the O’Hara ranges of Paradise.’”
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