George Alfred Paginton (1901-1988) - Empire Brass Store, circa 1932

Empire Brass Store, circa 1932

oil on canvas
91.4 cms x 61 cms (36 ins x 24 ins)
Signed lower right; titled and dated circa 1932 on an exhibition label on the reverse
made in 1932
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)" held on Tue, Apr 22, 2025.
Lot 48378
Estimate: CAD $4,000 - $6,000
Realised: CAD $5,040

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto

Private Collection, Toronto

Exhibitions:
"George Paginton: Painting a Nation", Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives, Brampton, ON; travelling to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, 10 October 2019-25 July 2022

"George Paginton", Gallery 78, Fredericton, 1-30 April 2022
Notes:
George Alfred Paginton was a painter who belonged in spirit and in time to a class of Canadian artists that included the members of the Group of Seven, David Milne, Berthe Des Clay, Goodridge Roberts and Anne Savage.
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.
Empire Brass Store, circa 1932 by artist George Alfred Paginton