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JOHN YOUNG JOHNSTONE, A.R.C.A.CHÂTEAU DES COMTES, GHENToil on canvassigned 10.25 ins x 13.75 ins; 26 cms x 34.9 cms Provenance:Private Collection, MontrealExhibited:John Y. Johnstone (1887-1930) Retrospective Exhibition, September 2006, Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal, no. 1.Literature:A.K. Prakash, “Misplaced Painter Among Moderns,” John Young Johnstone Restrospective Exhibition (catalogue), Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal, 2005, pages 2-7.Note:A.K. Prakash refers to a certain stoicism that can be appreciated in Johnstone’s painting, and aptly refers to “a preternatural stillness” or mystery so well exemplified in a work such as this lot. Johnstone, who at times lived a somewhat dissipated life, embodied a silver screen version of the peripatetic artist. Born in Montreal, he travelled throughout Quebec as well as northern Europe and died in Havana in 1930.Estimate: $8,000–12,000