ALASKA HIGHWAY, LOOKING TOWARD ST. ELIAS RANGE

watercolour on paper

10.75 x 14.75 in. (27.3 x 37.5 cm)

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9775.00 CAD.

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Notes:

signed, titled & dated
Provenance: Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary
Note: In October of 1943, H.G. Glyde and A.Y. Jackson travelled the Alaska Military Highway to make sketches for the National Gallery of Canada. An interesting narrative of this trip, including preparations, experiences and impressions of the landscape, can be found in Jackson’s “A Painter’s Country”, pp. 171-175.