The Studio
89.5 cms x 54.6 cms (35.25 ins x 21.5 ins)
Signed lower right
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Artwork from an Important Private Collection" held on Thu, Dec 1, 2022.
Lot 41545
Lot 41545
Estimate: CAD $25,000 - $30,000
Realised: CAD $102,000
Realised: CAD $102,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Belanger Estate
William Smith, Montreal, 1963-1964
Pinney's, auction, Montreal, 4 October 1988, lot W81 as "The Artist's Studio"
Kaspar Gallery, Toronto as "The Artist in Her Studio"
Master’s Gallery Ltd., Calgary as "The Studio"
Private Collection
Exhibitions:
Possibly "Twenty-Second Annual Exhibition", Royal Canadian Academy of Artists, Gallery of the Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto, 1901, no. 27 as "Panel Picture of Self"
J.S. McLean Centre for Indigenous + Canadian Art, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 2018 as "The Studio"
Literature:
Joan Murray, "Florence Carlyle Against All Odds", London, Ontario, 2004, pages 14, 34
Notes:
Born in Galt, Ontario, a distant relation to Thomas Carlyle, British author and historian, her patents moved to Woodstock when she was only three. Her mother organized an art class and brought in Paul Peel, art teacher from New York; he had been active in London, Ontario before going to the United States. Peel encouraged her to continue her studies in Paris, France. She travelled there with Peel and his sister and studied for six years under T. Robert- Fleury, Jules Lefebvre, and Adolphe Bouguereau. She returned to Canada in 1896 and established a studio at London, Ontario, and also at Woodstock.
Belanger Estate
William Smith, Montreal, 1963-1964
Pinney's, auction, Montreal, 4 October 1988, lot W81 as "The Artist's Studio"
Kaspar Gallery, Toronto as "The Artist in Her Studio"
Master’s Gallery Ltd., Calgary as "The Studio"
Private Collection
Exhibitions:
Possibly "Twenty-Second Annual Exhibition", Royal Canadian Academy of Artists, Gallery of the Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto, 1901, no. 27 as "Panel Picture of Self"
J.S. McLean Centre for Indigenous + Canadian Art, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 2018 as "The Studio"
Literature:
Joan Murray, "Florence Carlyle Against All Odds", London, Ontario, 2004, pages 14, 34
Notes:
Born in Galt, Ontario, a distant relation to Thomas Carlyle, British author and historian, her patents moved to Woodstock when she was only three. Her mother organized an art class and brought in Paul Peel, art teacher from New York; he had been active in London, Ontario before going to the United States. Peel encouraged her to continue her studies in Paris, France. She travelled there with Peel and his sister and studied for six years under T. Robert- Fleury, Jules Lefebvre, and Adolphe Bouguereau. She returned to Canada in 1896 and established a studio at London, Ontario, and also at Woodstock.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) 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.