THE FERRY, QUEBEC

colour serigraph on paperboard

30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

Price Realized:

336.00 CAD.

INCLUDES BUYER’S PREMIUM

Notes:

signed in the screen lower left; signed “Supervised by A. J. Casson” in pen lower left; unframed/shrink-wrapped

Note: This is the only work by Morrice included in the Sampson-Matthews collection. The image was produced after a 1907 canvas (acquired by the National Gallery of Canada in 1938) and the print was first issued in 1943 as part of the Wartime series (1D).

Reference: “Art for War and Peace: How a Great Public Art Project Helped Canada Discover Itself” (Ian Sigvaldason & Scott Steedman; Red Leaf, 2015). A full page illustration can be found on page 57.