Portrait of Harold Mortimer-Lamb
44.5 cms x 34.9 cms (17.5 ins x 13.75 ins)
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Fine Canadian Art (4th session)" held on Thu, Feb 29, 2024.
Lot 338
Lot 338
Estimate: CAD $1,500 - $2,500
Realised: CAD $6,875
Realised: CAD $6,875
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, Victoria
Notes:
Included with this lot is a letter by Molly Lamb Bobak confirming the artist as Vera Weatherbie and suggesting that Harold Mortimer-Lamb painted the scene on verso.
Although Molly Lamb Bobak speculates in her letter that the painting on verso is by Harold Mortimer-Lamb, in our opinion it is more likely that the verso was painted by Vera Weatherbie in the 1930s. The verso painting style is analogous with her paintings during her time as a student of Frederick Varley. She may have later used the same board to paint the portrait of Harold Mortimer-Lamb.
In the letter, Molly Lamb Bobak writes:
"The painting of my father is definitely by Vera—done most probably in the late ’40s or early ’50s. She did not marry him until 1942 I think.
The painting on the back would be by my dad, I suspect. He had an office on Hastings Street which overlooked the docks (C.P.R.)"
Private Collection, Victoria
Notes:
Included with this lot is a letter by Molly Lamb Bobak confirming the artist as Vera Weatherbie and suggesting that Harold Mortimer-Lamb painted the scene on verso.
Although Molly Lamb Bobak speculates in her letter that the painting on verso is by Harold Mortimer-Lamb, in our opinion it is more likely that the verso was painted by Vera Weatherbie in the 1930s. The verso painting style is analogous with her paintings during her time as a student of Frederick Varley. She may have later used the same board to paint the portrait of Harold Mortimer-Lamb.
In the letter, Molly Lamb Bobak writes:
"The painting of my father is definitely by Vera—done most probably in the late ’40s or early ’50s. She did not marry him until 1942 I think.
The painting on the back would be by my dad, I suspect. He had an office on Hastings Street which overlooked the docks (C.P.R.)"
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 Heffel auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.