LOT DETAILS

Materials:

bronze

Measurements:

14.02 in. (35.60 cm.) (height) by 60.00 in. (152.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, dated and inscribed in the cast: Suzor-Côté, 1924, ROMAN BRONZE WORK, N.Y., #13

Exhibited:

Montreal, Art Association of Montreal, 1910, for the similar painting, Le Halage du Bois, no. 95. Toronto, Ontario Society of Artists, Feb. 1910, for the wood and plaster sculpture. Other castings were exhibited in the following exhibitions: Ottawa, 46th Annual Exhibition, Royal Canadian Academy, Nov. 1924, no. 246. Montreal, 42nd Spring Exhibition, Montreal Art Association, April 1925, no. 401. Edmonton, A.B.C.'s of Sculpture, Edmonton Art Gallery, July, 1975. Edmonton, Sculptures at the Edmonton Art Gallery, July, 1977. Edmonton, Painting in Alberta: An Historical Survey, Edmonton Art Gallery, Sept., 1980. Edmonton, 60th Anniversary Show, Edmonton Art Gallery, June, 1984. Quebec City, Pierre L'Allier, Suzor-Coté, l'oeuvre sculpter, Musée du Québec, May 1991, see p. 78, no. 22, fig. 17, for an illustration of the bronze, and p. 78, no. 22A, fig. 18 for an illustration of the original wood and plaster model.

Literature:

The Gazette, Montreal, June 29, 1946, for an illustration of Le Halage du Bois, 1924, a painting related to the bronze in the collection of the National Gallery. Hughes de Jouvancourt, Suzor-Coté, Montreal, 1978, p. 116, for another cast of this work, plate 50. The Year Book of Canadian Art, Toronto, 1913, for an illustration of the plaster and wood free-standing sculpture relating to this work, pp. 156-157.

Provenance:

Collection of Abitibi Bowater