HAYING SCENE

oil on canvas

32.25 x 48 in. (81.9 x 121.9 cm)

Price Realized:

3802.50 CAD.

INCLUDES BUYER’S PREMIUM

Notes:

Provenance: Estate of the artist to Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary AB; Estate of James Brown (Calgary AB and Fairmont Hot Springs BC)

*Note: This major work was one of Gissing’s final paintings and it remained unfinished at the time of his death. Gissing’s contemporary, Duncan Mackinnon Crockford, agreed to complete the work, with the request facilitated by Gainsborough Galleries. This painting is accompanied by a letter (dated August 11, 1968) from Ester Gissing to the gallery, expressing her appreciation.