Object Title
Grace Lake, Ontario
Object Name
Drawing
Artist/Maker
A. Y. Jackson
Date Made
Circa 1924
Materials
Graphite on Paper
Catalogue Number
2007.005.066
Dimensions
Height 23.0 cm x Width 30.0 cm
Description
A graphite on paper sketch of Grace Lake in the foreground with a rocky shoreline with foliage in the mid and background. The title of the work and the artists signature is in the bottom right corner. There is a rough sketch on the verso.
History
A.Y. Jackson often sought subjects in land tilled and untamed, from the farms of the Saint Lawrence Valley to the rocky outcrops of Georgian Bay and the peaks of the Rockies. Jackson, especially, had a wanderer's heart, as these drawings, ranging from 1927 to the late 1940s, attest: views of the rolling hills of the Charlevoix are joined by quickly-sketched, annotated images of the rougher climes of Northern Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and even the eastern Arctic.
