Margaret Dorothy Shelton

Canadian (1915 - 1984)

Margaret Dorothy Shelton was a Canadian artist.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Margaret Dorothy Shelton's estimated art value is C$6,000 (*)

Margaret Dorothy Shelton's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$2,500 - C$10,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for a paper drawing work attributed to Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915-1984) was C$7,020 - paid for "Fishing on the Bow #139/200" at Levis in Calgary on Sun, Apr 19, 2020.
ArtValue.ca has 555 auction art sale records for their paper drawing results, with prices in the range of C$2,500 to C$10,000.

Mt. Rundle in March (1979)
colour woodcut
Dimensions - 17.8 cms x 29.2 cms (7 ins x 11.5 ins)

Lot for sale by Heffel Auction House, Vancouver
Lot# 426
Thu, Mar 30, 2023

Estimate $800 - $1,000
Sold for CAD $875

Heffel Auction House Biography and Notes

Margaret Shelton was born in Bruce, Alberta in 1915. From 1934 to 1943 she studied under H.G. Glyde and A.C. Leighton at the Alberta Provincial Institute of Technology and Art. In 1941 she learned woodblock printing techniques directly from one of Canada’s masters of the form, W.J. Phillips. Shelton became well known as an excellent printmaker, particularly celebrated for her woodcut and linocut prints of the Eastern Rockies and contributed an enduring body of work to the legacy of Canadian printmaking. A solo show of her work was held at the Burnaby Art Gallery in 1981, and in 1985 a retrospective exhibition, Margaret Shelton: Block Prints 1936-1984, was held at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary upon her passing. Her works are held in the collections of the National Gallery, the Glenbow Museum, and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

(*) Value is calculated as an average of the top paper drawing sale records from ArtValue.ca database.
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