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CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFFSHOOTING THE RAPIDSoil on canvas, framed as an ovalsigned 12.5 ins x 17.5 ins; 31.8 cms x 44.5 cms Provenance:Walter Klinkhoff Gallery Inc., MontrealGalerie d'art Michel Bigué, Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, QuebecPrivate Collection, TorontoLiterature:Dennis Reid, Krieghoff, Images of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1999, page 233.Note:In this scene, a guide and a voyageur travel swiftly through the river water - the canoe light without the burden of furs or cargo. As Dennis Reid postulates, "Krieghoff felt an affinity" towards the First Nations people "who had often acted as his guides on hunting expeditions." The artist's fascination with the people who lived and labourered in harsh surroundings enabled him to capture the excitement and subtle nuances present in their everyday life.