The Valley of the Qu'Appelle (Andante) 1912

Alternate titles:

1912

Oil on Canvas

47 cm. x 89 cm.

Signed l.l.: C.W. JEFFERYS '12

Provenance

• Faculty Club, University of Toronto. Purchased 1923

Exhibition History

• 1912 - Canadian National Exhibition
• 1912 - R.C.A. group show, Civic Art Gallery, Winnipeg
• 1977 - Agnes Etherington Gallery, Nov. 7 – Dec. 12, 1976, then circulating Aug. 12, 1977 – cat#38
• 1978 - Ontario Legislative Building, July 1-Sept. 1, 1978
• 1984 - Western Sunlight: C. W. Jefferys on the Canadian Prairies - 1984, cat. 33

• 1991 - The True North Canadian Landscape Painting 1896 - 1939

Published References

• Canadian National Exhibition.   Catalogue of Department of Fine Arts.  Toronto, CNE, 1912.  illus.  p. 55-56
• Extensive coverage, p. 34-35 in Stacey’s Western Sunlight, q.v.
• Goddard, Peter.  “Little art show from the prairie:  McMichael gallery tells tale of Qu’Appelle Valley.”  In Toronto Star, 9 March 2002, p. J15.  Illus.

  “Ring and Stacey point out that a good number of the pieces come from private collections and have been rarely seen by the public.  A range of work comes from British-born landscape specialist C.W. Jefferys, most notably a large pair of impressionistic canvases making up half of his Prairie Sonata group (1910-1911.”