Orchestra Chairs
145 cms x 187.5 cms (57.1 ins x 73.8 ins)
Signed And Dated 1892
made in 1892
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "Joyner's Canadian Art Auction" held on Mon, Nov 22, 2010.
Lot 75
Lot 75
Estimate: CAD $400,000 - $500,000
Realised: CAD $413,000
Realised: CAD $413,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Estate of the artist.
Isaure Peel.
Mildred Peel.
Dr. A.J. Peel (by 1922).
T.B. Loblaw, Toronto.
Estate of the Late T.B. Loblaw, 1933.
Loblaw Foundation, Toronto.
Toronto Western Hospital (gift in memory of T.B. Loblaw, member of the Board of Governors, 1926-1933).
Private Collection, Ontario.
Exhibitions:
Western Fair, London, September, 1937.
Paul Peel, A Retrospective, London Regional Art Gallery, London, September 6 – October 26, 1986, no. 75. Also shown in Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver.
Literature:
“Canvas by Great London Artist on Exhibit at Western Fair”, London Free Press, 14 Sept., 1937, reproduced.
G. Blair Laing, Memoirs of an Art Dealer, Toronto, 1979, page 186, for a reference to another version of Orchestra Chairs which Laing acquired from Mary Peel in California.
Victoria Baker, Paul Peel, A Retrospective, 1860 – 1892, London, 1986, page 167, plate 75, reproduced.
Notes:
Shortly before his untimely death at the age of thirty-one, Peel was reaching near legendary status in the art world as the first Canadian-born artist to achieve international recognition.
Orchestra Chairs, Peel’s last major painting, exemplifies the Victorian sentimentality of the era in a most charming and appealing manner.
Estate of the artist.
Isaure Peel.
Mildred Peel.
Dr. A.J. Peel (by 1922).
T.B. Loblaw, Toronto.
Estate of the Late T.B. Loblaw, 1933.
Loblaw Foundation, Toronto.
Toronto Western Hospital (gift in memory of T.B. Loblaw, member of the Board of Governors, 1926-1933).
Private Collection, Ontario.
Exhibitions:
Western Fair, London, September, 1937.
Paul Peel, A Retrospective, London Regional Art Gallery, London, September 6 – October 26, 1986, no. 75. Also shown in Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver.
Literature:
“Canvas by Great London Artist on Exhibit at Western Fair”, London Free Press, 14 Sept., 1937, reproduced.
G. Blair Laing, Memoirs of an Art Dealer, Toronto, 1979, page 186, for a reference to another version of Orchestra Chairs which Laing acquired from Mary Peel in California.
Victoria Baker, Paul Peel, A Retrospective, 1860 – 1892, London, 1986, page 167, plate 75, reproduced.
Notes:
Shortly before his untimely death at the age of thirty-one, Peel was reaching near legendary status in the art world as the first Canadian-born artist to achieve international recognition.
Orchestra Chairs, Peel’s last major painting, exemplifies the Victorian sentimentality of the era in a most charming and appealing manner.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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