Old Orchard, 1940
76.2 cms x 91.4 cms (30 ins x 36 ins)
Signed and dated 1940 lower right. Signed with insignia, dated 1940 and inscribed "16" and "Cat No. 9" on the reverse
made in 1940
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Select Masterworks of Canadian & International Art" held on Wed, May 28, 2025.
Lot 48811
Lot 48811
Estimate: CAD $400,000 - $500,000
Realised: CAD $768,000
Realised: CAD $768,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the Artist by Herbert Laurence Rous
By descent to a Private Collection, Toronto
Cowley Abbott, auction, Toronto, 12 June 2017, lot 40
Private Collection, Vancouver
Exhibitions:
"68th Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists", The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1-31 March 1940, no. 23
"Paintings and Water Colours", Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, 1940 as Old Orchard
"Franklin Carmichael, Memorial Exhibition", The Art Gallery of Toronto, March 1947, no. 15 as "Apple Orchard"
"The Franklin Carmichael Memorial Exhibition", Orillia Artists' Guild, 28-30 April 1961 as "Apple Orchard" (loaned by H.L. Rous)
"Light and Shadow, The Work of Franklin Carmichael", McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, 1990, no. 59
"In the Spirit of Carmichael: Orillia's One of Seven", Orillia Museum of Art and History, 27 April-9 July 2005
Literature:
"68th Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists", Toronto, 1940, no. 23, listed page 6
"Paintings and Water Colours, Canadian National Exhibition", Toronto, 1940, unpaginated, listed
Rous & Mann Press Limited Calendar, 1946, reproduced on cover
Robert Eyre and Donald W. Buchanan, "Canadian Art", vol. IV, no. 4 (Summer 1947), reproduced on cover
"The Group of Seven: Fiftieth Anniversary", 1920-1970, Montreal/Ottawa/ Toronto/London/Winnipeg/Regina/Edmonton/Calgary, 1970, unpaginated, reproduced (Collection of H.L. Rous)
Ian M. Thom, "Franklin Carmichael: Prints/Gravures", Kleinburg, 1984, no. 14, reproduced page 12 as "Dead Trees"
Megan Bice, "Light and Shadow, The Work of Franklin Carmichael", Kleinburg, 1990, page 86, reproduced page 90
Joyce Sowby and Randall Speller, 'Quality Printing: A History of Rous and Mann Limited, 1909-1954', "DA, A Journal of the Printing Arts," no. 51 (Fall/Winter 2002), page 14
Notes:
Born in Orillia, Ontario, he worked for his father who was a carriage maker and received a good part of his early training in design from him. He took painting lessons from Canon Greene (believed to be one of the parsons on which Stephen Leacock based the character of Dean Drone in "Sunshine Sketches"). In 1901 he met Willian J. Wood another Canadian artist who like himself was aspiring to become a full time painter. Carmichael gave continued encouragement to Wood throughout his life.
Acquired directly from the Artist by Herbert Laurence Rous
By descent to a Private Collection, Toronto
Cowley Abbott, auction, Toronto, 12 June 2017, lot 40
Private Collection, Vancouver
Exhibitions:
"68th Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists", The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1-31 March 1940, no. 23
"Paintings and Water Colours", Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, 1940 as Old Orchard
"Franklin Carmichael, Memorial Exhibition", The Art Gallery of Toronto, March 1947, no. 15 as "Apple Orchard"
"The Franklin Carmichael Memorial Exhibition", Orillia Artists' Guild, 28-30 April 1961 as "Apple Orchard" (loaned by H.L. Rous)
"Light and Shadow, The Work of Franklin Carmichael", McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, 1990, no. 59
"In the Spirit of Carmichael: Orillia's One of Seven", Orillia Museum of Art and History, 27 April-9 July 2005
Literature:
"68th Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists", Toronto, 1940, no. 23, listed page 6
"Paintings and Water Colours, Canadian National Exhibition", Toronto, 1940, unpaginated, listed
Rous & Mann Press Limited Calendar, 1946, reproduced on cover
Robert Eyre and Donald W. Buchanan, "Canadian Art", vol. IV, no. 4 (Summer 1947), reproduced on cover
"The Group of Seven: Fiftieth Anniversary", 1920-1970, Montreal/Ottawa/ Toronto/London/Winnipeg/Regina/Edmonton/Calgary, 1970, unpaginated, reproduced (Collection of H.L. Rous)
Ian M. Thom, "Franklin Carmichael: Prints/Gravures", Kleinburg, 1984, no. 14, reproduced page 12 as "Dead Trees"
Megan Bice, "Light and Shadow, The Work of Franklin Carmichael", Kleinburg, 1990, page 86, reproduced page 90
Joyce Sowby and Randall Speller, 'Quality Printing: A History of Rous and Mann Limited, 1909-1954', "DA, A Journal of the Printing Arts," no. 51 (Fall/Winter 2002), page 14
Notes:
Born in Orillia, Ontario, he worked for his father who was a carriage maker and received a good part of his early training in design from him. He took painting lessons from Canon Greene (believed to be one of the parsons on which Stephen Leacock based the character of Dean Drone in "Sunshine Sketches"). In 1901 he met Willian J. Wood another Canadian artist who like himself was aspiring to become a full time painter. Carmichael gave continued encouragement to Wood throughout his life.
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