Schooner Elsie
39.4 cms x 45.7 cms (15.5 ins x 18 ins)
Signed lower right; titled and inscribed “From his race with the ‘Blue Nose’” on the reverse
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "The Canadian Landscape" held on Tue, Apr 19, 2022.
Lot 40116
Lot 40116
Estimate: CAD $500 - $700
Realised: CAD $2,160
Realised: CAD $2,160
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto
Notes:
Born in Newark, N.J., he studied at the Arts Students’ League under Bridgeman and Chase. He came to Canada in 1917 and settled in Winnipeg for three years, and later moved to Toronto in 1920. A landscape painter and commercial artist he became a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art (Pres. 1924), the Ontario Society of Artists (1925) and the Arts and Letters Club, Toronto. He exhibited in the Canadian Arts Section of the British Empire show (1924) and in the Canadian exhibit in Paris (1927) where his work was highly commended. He died in Toronto at the age of 44.
Private Collection, Toronto
Notes:
Born in Newark, N.J., he studied at the Arts Students’ League under Bridgeman and Chase. He came to Canada in 1917 and settled in Winnipeg for three years, and later moved to Toronto in 1920. A landscape painter and commercial artist he became a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art (Pres. 1924), the Ontario Society of Artists (1925) and the Arts and Letters Club, Toronto. He exhibited in the Canadian Arts Section of the British Empire show (1924) and in the Canadian exhibit in Paris (1927) where his work was highly commended. He died in Toronto at the age of 44.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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