Sold for: $8,125

PROVENANCE
Wynick Tuck Gallery, Toronto
Estate of the Artist
Private Collection, Alberta

LITERATURE
Doris McCarthy, The Good Wine: An Artist Comes of Age, 1991, page 188

In April 1976, McCarthy made her second journey to Grise Fiord. In her autobiography, she describes the season as “deep winter” and remarks on the village’s relationship with the icebergs:

“As we flew in we passed over half a dozen captive icebergs scattered out in the day in front of the village. To me a painter, these were riches, and to the community riches for a different reason. Grise depended on these bergs for its water supply. All day long watermen on snowmobiles roared back and forth collecting ice. From morning to late afternoon we heard the strikes of the axes as they hacked away at the berg…”

"Twice Around the World: Works by Doris McCarthy” comes to Heffel from a private collector and personal friend of the artist, committed to the promotion of McCarthy’s legacy. The works included were acquired directly from McCarthy’s Estate in 2019, and since then, the inspired patron has donated more than 400 artworks to the University of Toronto Scarborough’s Doris McCarthy Gallery. The thoughtful division of the collection ensures McCarthy’s work is comprehensively represented in the public domain and accessible to scholars, art professionals and the community. Heffel is honoured to present a select group of works from this important collection for private collectors to embrace and enjoy.

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