Delta Ice House
61 cms x 76.2 cms (24 ins x 30 ins)
Signed lower right; titled and inscribed "Hart House '42" on the stretcher
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art" held on Tue, Nov 20, 2018.
Lot 31257
Lot 31257
Estimate: CAD $25,000 - $35,000
Realised: CAD $82,600
Realised: CAD $82,600
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
Bertram Brooker, Hart House Art Gallery, University of Toronto, January 1942
Bertram Brooker (1888-1955), The Morris Gallery, Toronto, October 23 - November 6, 1971, no. 14
Literature:
Bertram Brooker (1888-1955), exhibition catalogue, The Morris Gallery, Toronto, October 23 - November 6, 1971, cat. no.14, reproduced plate 10
James King, Bertram Brooker: Life & Work, Art Canada Institute [online publication], Toronto, 2018
Dennis Reid, Bertram Brooker (1888-1955), National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1979, pages 16-17
Joyce Zemans, "First Fruits: The World and Spirit Paintings [Bertram Brooker]", Provincial Essays, no. 7, 1989
Notes:
Born in Croydon, England Bertram Brooker moved with his parents to Portage la Prairie in 1905 and later to Toronto in 1921. He acquired a reputation as a writer, painter, musician, and poet. Brooker was a charter member of the Canadian Group of Painters and he won the Governor General's Award for fiction in 1936 for "Think of the Earth".
Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
Bertram Brooker, Hart House Art Gallery, University of Toronto, January 1942
Bertram Brooker (1888-1955), The Morris Gallery, Toronto, October 23 - November 6, 1971, no. 14
Literature:
Bertram Brooker (1888-1955), exhibition catalogue, The Morris Gallery, Toronto, October 23 - November 6, 1971, cat. no.14, reproduced plate 10
James King, Bertram Brooker: Life & Work, Art Canada Institute [online publication], Toronto, 2018
Dennis Reid, Bertram Brooker (1888-1955), National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1979, pages 16-17
Joyce Zemans, "First Fruits: The World and Spirit Paintings [Bertram Brooker]", Provincial Essays, no. 7, 1989
Notes:
Born in Croydon, England Bertram Brooker moved with his parents to Portage la Prairie in 1905 and later to Toronto in 1921. He acquired a reputation as a writer, painter, musician, and poet. Brooker was a charter member of the Canadian Group of Painters and he won the Governor General's Award for fiction in 1936 for "Think of the Earth".
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Cowley Abbott auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Cowley Abbott auction house for permission to use.