A.J. CASSON “SATURDAY AFTERNOON” ED. 25/30 PRINT

ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON (CANADIAN, 1898�1992)
LIMITED EDITION PHOTO-OFFSET PRINT IN COLOURS ON PAPER, TITLED "SATURDAY AFTERNOON / SAMEDI APR�S-MIDI, 1928", NUMBERED 25/30 IN PENCIL LOWER LEFT, SIGNED "A.J. CASSON" IN PENCIL LOWER RIGHT, AND FURTHER SIGNED IN THE PRINT
6.75 X 8.75 IN PLATE
12.5 X 14.5 IN FRAMED
COMMISSIONED IN DECEMBER 1985 BY TED A. HERRIOTT, PRESIDENT OF HERRIOTT ADVERTISING, AS AN EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE EDITION OF ONLY 30 SPECIALLY NUMBERED AND ARTIST-SIGNED PRINTS FOR HIS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CLIENT APPRECIATION LUNCHEONACCOMPANIED BY THE ORIGINAL DECEMBER 4, 1985 HERRIOTT ADVERTISING PRESENTATION LETTER, QUOTING CASSON DIRECTLY EXPLAINING THAT THE SCENE NEVER EXISTED IN REALITY BUT WAS AN IMAGINATIVE COMPOSITE OF A HALF-DOZEN SKETCHES DRAWN IN THE HILLY VILLAGE OF ROCKWOOD, ONTARIO, TO ACHIEVE HEIGHT, DRAMATIC LIFT, AND ARTISTIC PERSPECTIVE
ALFRED JOSEPH (A.J.) CASSON WAS A RENOWNED CANADIAN PAINTER AND THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE PRESTIGIOUS GROUP OF SEVEN, JOINING IN 1926 AT THE INVITATION OF FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL. CELEBRATED FOR HIS CRISP, GRAPHIC MASTERY OF WATERCOLOUR AND OIL, HE DEDICATED MUCH OF HIS CAREER TO DEPICTING THE SERENE TOWNS, FARMS, AND SCENIC ROADS OF RURAL ONTARIO.