Kearney Rail Crossing, 1937
101.6 cms x 127 cms (40 ins x 50 ins)
Signed upper right; titled and dated 1937 on a label and inscribed "Emsdale R.R." on the stretcher on the reverse
made in 1937
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)" held on Tue, Feb 25, 2025.
Lot 48587
Lot 48587
Estimate: CAD $9,000 - $12,000
Realised: CAD $9,600
Realised: CAD $9,600
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, Ontario
Notes:
George Broomfield was born in 1906 in the village of Parkdale in Toronto. Broomfield was selected by Arthur Lismer to attend the Ontario College of Art at the age of 14. At the OCA Summer School in Port Hope, Broomfield studied under several members of the Group of Seven, including Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald, and Frank Carmichael, with assistance from A.Y. Jackson and Frank Johnston.
Private Collection, Ontario
Notes:
George Broomfield was born in 1906 in the village of Parkdale in Toronto. Broomfield was selected by Arthur Lismer to attend the Ontario College of Art at the age of 14. At the OCA Summer School in Port Hope, Broomfield studied under several members of the Group of Seven, including Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald, and Frank Carmichael, with assistance from A.Y. Jackson and Frank Johnston.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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