Magdalena (Méditation), 1921
105.4 cms x 105.4 cms (41.5 ins x 41.5 ins)
Signed and dated 1921 lower right
made in 1921
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)" held on Thu, Jun 8, 2023.
Lot 42694
Lot 42694
Estimate: CAD $225,000 - $275,000
Realised: CAD $384,000
Realised: CAD $384,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist, 1937
Musée de la province de Québec, donated by Mathilde Savard Suzor-Coté, 16 July 1945 as "Méditation", 1921
Alexandre Clément, Montreal
Robert Clément, Quebec
Private Collection, Montréal
Exhibitions:
"Thirty-Eighth Spring Exhibition", Art Association of Montreal, 1-23 April 1921, no. 262 as "Magdalena" for $2000
"Fourty-Third Annual Exhibition", Royal Canadian Academy, 17 November 1921-2 January 1922, no. 153 as "Nude"
"Fourty-Sixth Annual Exhibition", Royal Canadian Academy, 20 November-20 December 1924, no. 191 as "Magdalena"
Literature:
‘Le Salon du printemps’, "Le Devoir", 1 April 1921
‘Exposition de peintures de nos artistes’, "La Presse", 1 April 1921
‘Intéressant vernissage à l’Art Gallery’, "La Patrie", 1 April 1921
‘Fewer Paintings Higher Standards’, "The Star", 1 April 1921
‘Spring Exhibition at the Art Gallery’, "The Herald", 4 April 1921
Samuel Morgan-Powell, ‘Portraits are Feature of the Art Exhibition’, "The Star", 5 April 1921
‘R.C.A. Show at the Grange’, unidentified newspaper, Toronto, November 1921
‘Pictures! Pictures! Who’ll Come An’ Buy?’, "The Toronto Daily Star", 16 November 1921
Zoile, ‘Salon’, "Le Devoir", 24 November 1924
Laurier Lacroix, "Suzor-Coté Light and Matter", Québec/Ottawa, 2002, page 288
Sylvie Saint-Georges, "La réception critique des nus de Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté", M.A. thesis, UQAM, 2005, pages 112-115, 205
Notes:
Suzor-Coté was born in 1869 in the village of Arthabaska, Quebec. Although the young Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté excelled in both musical and artistic pursuits, his love of painting won precedence and he travelled to Paris in 1891 for three years of art studies at the École de beaux-arts. He returned to North America briefly, pursuing commission work, before returning to Europe for an extended period between 1897 and 1907.
Estate of the Artist, 1937
Musée de la province de Québec, donated by Mathilde Savard Suzor-Coté, 16 July 1945 as "Méditation", 1921
Alexandre Clément, Montreal
Robert Clément, Quebec
Private Collection, Montréal
Exhibitions:
"Thirty-Eighth Spring Exhibition", Art Association of Montreal, 1-23 April 1921, no. 262 as "Magdalena" for $2000
"Fourty-Third Annual Exhibition", Royal Canadian Academy, 17 November 1921-2 January 1922, no. 153 as "Nude"
"Fourty-Sixth Annual Exhibition", Royal Canadian Academy, 20 November-20 December 1924, no. 191 as "Magdalena"
Literature:
‘Le Salon du printemps’, "Le Devoir", 1 April 1921
‘Exposition de peintures de nos artistes’, "La Presse", 1 April 1921
‘Intéressant vernissage à l’Art Gallery’, "La Patrie", 1 April 1921
‘Fewer Paintings Higher Standards’, "The Star", 1 April 1921
‘Spring Exhibition at the Art Gallery’, "The Herald", 4 April 1921
Samuel Morgan-Powell, ‘Portraits are Feature of the Art Exhibition’, "The Star", 5 April 1921
‘R.C.A. Show at the Grange’, unidentified newspaper, Toronto, November 1921
‘Pictures! Pictures! Who’ll Come An’ Buy?’, "The Toronto Daily Star", 16 November 1921
Zoile, ‘Salon’, "Le Devoir", 24 November 1924
Laurier Lacroix, "Suzor-Coté Light and Matter", Québec/Ottawa, 2002, page 288
Sylvie Saint-Georges, "La réception critique des nus de Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté", M.A. thesis, UQAM, 2005, pages 112-115, 205
Notes:
Suzor-Coté was born in 1869 in the village of Arthabaska, Quebec. Although the young Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté excelled in both musical and artistic pursuits, his love of painting won precedence and he travelled to Paris in 1891 for three years of art studies at the École de beaux-arts. He returned to North America briefly, pursuing commission work, before returning to Europe for an extended period between 1897 and 1907.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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