Old Fire Place
25.4 cms x 31.8 cms (10 ins x 12.5 ins)
Signed lower left. Signed and dated 1906 lower right; inscribed “No. 39 Deserted Fireplace Dawn painted by Marion Nelson Hooker” on label on the reverse; partial R.C.A. label present on reverse of framing
made in 1906
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Still Life & Figural Work" held on Tue, Feb 1, 2022.
Lot 39421
Lot 39421
Estimate: CAD $400 - $600
Realised: CAD $1,680
Realised: CAD $1,680
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
Royal Canadian Academy, November 29, 1912, Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, no. 250 as “Old Fire Place”
Literature:
Mary Jo Hughes, “Marion Nelson Hooker, Two Lives - One Passion”, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 1999, no. 29, pages 53-58 for a similar work of c. 1904
Notes:
Born at Richmond, Virginia in March 1866, she came to St. Catharines, Ontario with her parents at an early age. Educated locally, she pieced together an art education over the years, studying at Toronto, Buffalo, and New York City. In 1902 she toured Europe, thanks to a small inheritance. Her exhibition record expanded in the early years of the century. In 1907, she married businessman Frank Hooker, a widower with several children who had been married to her best friend, and moved to Selkirk. She continued painting in Selkirk, shifting to Manitoba subjects. She also founded the Selkirk Art Club (1923) and Dickens Club. A devout Anglican, she often painted Anglican churches. She left Selkirk after the death of her husband and died at St. Catharines in 1946.
Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
Royal Canadian Academy, November 29, 1912, Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, no. 250 as “Old Fire Place”
Literature:
Mary Jo Hughes, “Marion Nelson Hooker, Two Lives - One Passion”, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 1999, no. 29, pages 53-58 for a similar work of c. 1904
Notes:
Born at Richmond, Virginia in March 1866, she came to St. Catharines, Ontario with her parents at an early age. Educated locally, she pieced together an art education over the years, studying at Toronto, Buffalo, and New York City. In 1902 she toured Europe, thanks to a small inheritance. Her exhibition record expanded in the early years of the century. In 1907, she married businessman Frank Hooker, a widower with several children who had been married to her best friend, and moved to Selkirk. She continued painting in Selkirk, shifting to Manitoba subjects. She also founded the Selkirk Art Club (1923) and Dickens Club. A devout Anglican, she often painted Anglican churches. She left Selkirk after the death of her husband and died at St. Catharines in 1946.
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.