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Lot #26

Artist Alfred Joseph Casson
Title Farm in Credit Valley
Media oil on canvas board
Dated 1933
Size 9.5 x 11.25 in. / 24.1 x 28.6 cm.
Frame Size 16.5 x 18 x 1.5 in.

Place Absentee Bid

Notes
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated verso; bears date on gallery label verso; framed

Reference
Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, 1937, exhibition label verso)

Provenance
Roberts Gallery, Toronto, label verso; from the Estate of Dr. Joan Snyder, a prominent Calgary philanthropist; proceeds from this work will help fulfill Joan's wishes to support the University of Calgary. To read more about Dr. Joan Snyder, visit the University of Calgary's Memoriam

Sold $38,025 Estimate $30,000/$40,000

Biographical Information
Alfred Joseph Casson ~ [1898-1992] Canadian CSPWC, CGP, OSA, RCA
see A.J. Casson, by P.Duval, Roberts Gallery, 1975; A.J. Casson, by J.Murray, Art Gallery of Windsor, 1978; A.J. Casson: His Life and Works / A Tribute, by P.Duval, Cerebrus, 1980; A.J. Casson, My Favourite Watercolours 1919 to 1957, by P.Duval, Cerebrus, 1982; A.J. Casson: Early Works, by I.Thom, McMichael Collection, 1984; A.J. Casson: An Artist's Life by Christopher E. Jackson, published by McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1998;A.J. Casson: Behind the Scenes, C. Jackson, Varley Art Gallery, 2006; biographies in N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.180; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.63; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1, pg.122; Westbridge, Vol.1, pg. 60; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg. 65; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

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