The Orchard
31.3 cms x 26.9 cms (12.3 ins x 10.6 ins)
Signed With Monogram
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "Joyner’s Canadian Art Auction" held on Fri, May 25, 2012.
Lot 68
Lot 68
Estimate: CAD $8,000 - $10,000
Realised: CAD $10,620
Realised: CAD $10,620
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Sale Victorian and Edwardian Art, Sotheby’s London, July 15, 2009, lot 67.
Masters Gallery Ltd., Calgary.
Private Collection, Vancouver.
Literature:
Judith Cook and Melissa Hardie, Singing from the Walls, The Life and Art of Elizabeth Forbes, Bristol, 2000.
Notes:
Elizabeth Forbes was born in Ottawa in 1859, the daughter of William Armstrong, an official with the Government of Canada. She travelled to England in the 1870s to study at the South Kensington art schools. In 1878 she returned to Canada to continue her studies at the Art Students League in Toronto. In 1885 she moved to Cornwall where she met her future husband, the artist Stanhope Forbes, whom she married in 1889. Her work was influenced by Whistler and she is particularly known for her paintings of children. Her works rarely appear on the art market.
Sale Victorian and Edwardian Art, Sotheby’s London, July 15, 2009, lot 67.
Masters Gallery Ltd., Calgary.
Private Collection, Vancouver.
Literature:
Judith Cook and Melissa Hardie, Singing from the Walls, The Life and Art of Elizabeth Forbes, Bristol, 2000.
Notes:
Elizabeth Forbes was born in Ottawa in 1859, the daughter of William Armstrong, an official with the Government of Canada. She travelled to England in the 1870s to study at the South Kensington art schools. In 1878 she returned to Canada to continue her studies at the Art Students League in Toronto. In 1885 she moved to Cornwall where she met her future husband, the artist Stanhope Forbes, whom she married in 1889. Her work was influenced by Whistler and she is particularly known for her paintings of children. Her works rarely appear on the art market.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Waddington's auction house for permission to use.