Collection search - Valley of the Saskatchewan East of Battleford

Exhibition title: Western Sunlight- C.W. Jefferys. Curators: Robert Stacey, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; 1984.11.02 - 1984.12.16. Further venue: Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan; 1985.01.18 - 1985.02.17., Further venue: Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta; 1985.03.09 - 1985.03.31., Further venue: Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta; 1985.04.08 - 1985.05.13., Further venue: Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta; 1985.05.23 - 1985.06.30., Further venue: Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catherine, Ontario; 1985.09.02 - 1985.09.29., Further venue: Mount St. Vincent University, Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia; 1985.11.15 - 1985.12.15.

Inscribed., Inscription: in pencil, recto, u.r.: Sunlit/clouds along horizon/Far hills/hills sloping to river; u.m.: Vallery of the Saskatchewan/east of Battleford; i.i. to l.r.: Country near Battleford: Soil lighter. more/sand & gravel, not as black & rich looking as near Edmonton.Less/wooded. Open stretches, far views fewer flowers, grey sage bushes/willows, poplar clumps, stones boulders here & there, more pasture than/wheat. South bank of Sask. distant, pale blue grey green where bush/is lighter warmer green where field or open pasture, lots/of dead willow bushes pink red & purple branches bare