Collection of Dalhousie Art Gallery

PILOT, Robert

Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, 1929

Accession number
2016-2-5
Medium
oil
Support
panel
Dimensions
31.1cm × 43.5cm
Inscription
recto b.r.c.: R. PILOT 29; verso: embossed label on back of panel b.r.c.: GALERIE WALTER KLINKHOFF INC. / MONTREAL / "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia" 1929 / Oil on panel size 12" x 17" / ROBERT W. PILOT, R.C.A. (1898-1967) / UNE OEUVRE AUTHENTIQUE AN AUTHENTIC WORK; attached letter of authenticity and sale from Watson Art Galleries, Montreal, sold to Mrs C.H. Jackson, 3035 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, November 1st 1940, $125.00 plus 4% taxes, $130.00; also includes "This painting was considered by the artist to be one of his finest and freeest works. Painted entirely out-of-doors on the spot."; torn handwritten label on back of panel t.r.c.: PEGGY'S COVE / FROM WATSO (sic) / GALLERIES / 1940; written directly on back of panel: 3937 / R 21 / Clean + Varnish / WRW
Acknowledgement
Gift of Brian and Megan Porter and Family, 2016