Charles Edouard Masson Huot (1855-1930) - Le Sanctus à la maison

Le Sanctus à la maison

oil on canvas
35.6 cms x 48.3 cms (14 ins x 19 ins)
Signed lower left; titled on a plaque affixed to the frame
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)" held on Wed, Dec 6, 2023.
Lot 44318
Estimate: CAD $3,000 - $5,000
Realised: CAD $12,000

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
Christopher Varley, Toronto

Acquired by the present Private Collection, June 2001

Literature:
Jean-René Ostiguay, "Charles Huot", Ottawa, 1979, unpaginated, for a larger version of the subject
Notes:
Charles Huot was born in Quebec City in 1855. Following studies in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and the École normale Laval in Quebec City, he obtained a scholarship for five years at the École des beaux-arts in Paris, and studied under Lefevre Niedermeyer and Alexandre Cabanal. He left at age 23 to travel around Europe and worked for a period of time in France as an illustrator.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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Le Sanctus à la maison by artist Charles Edouard Masson Huot