Canadian Fine Art Auction

November 24, 2014

LOT 137

Lot 137

LEO MOL, R.C.A.

LEO MOL, R.C.A.
Lot 137 Details
LEO MOL, R.C.A.

A.Y. JACKSON

bronze
signed, dated ‘65, and numbered 11/15
height 15.25 ins; 38.7 cms

Estimate $2,500-$4,000

Realised: $7,670
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Literature:

John W. Fisher, Speaker, Homage to A.Y. Jackson, Speech at the Empire Club of Canada, 05 October 1972 given at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto.

Note:

“He was a builder. He was an interpreter who wasn't scared to go into the toughest places. He had no time for the soft life. Had he been born a hundred years earlier, assuming that he had the same assortment of genes in his system, I think he would have been an explorer and probably a great one; because where he went he always wanted to go further, always that curiosity…”

Leo Mol’s rendering of Jackson captures the artist as he was later in life: a rugged and wizened figure with a substantial presence. Despite the toughness of the bronze’s texture and of the pose, Jackson’s furrowed brow and crossed arms cannot conceal the twinkle, the curiosity in his eye. This sculpture is a smaller casting of a work installed in the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden in Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg.

CONDITION DETAILS

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  • 1 Star: Poor - Flaws or damage immediately apparent under standard lighting (examples: missing components, rips, broken glass, damaged surfaces, etc.)

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