Art Auction Lot Sold in Canada in 2017
Willard Morse Mitchell (1879-1955) - The Seigniory Club at Montebello, P.Q.

The Seigniory Club at Montebello, P.Q.


two watercolours
9.5 cms x 11.4 cms (3.75 ins x 4.5 ins)
"The Main Entrance Gate to the Seigniory Club at Montebello, P.Q. - Canada" (signed lower right; dated 1943 and inscribed "Situated in the famous Laurentian Mountains, this gate is built mostly of large, peeled logs" & "This is a genuine watercolour and a hand carved frame by W.M. Mitchell" on the reverse of the framing);"One of the Fronts to the Log Cateau of the Seigniory Club at Montebello, P.Q. Canada" (typed inscriptions "overlooking several miles of the beautiful Ottawa Valley and river. The Chateau is situated in the famous Laurentian Mountains, not far from Montreal. This building is built mostly of large, peeled Cedar logs brought from the cedar forests of British Columbia. Roads of romance, in this colourful province of Quebec, lead the motorist to the Log Chateau and its 80,000-acre vacationland." & "This is a genuine water color and a hand carved frame by Willard M. Mitchell" on the reverse of the framing)
made in 1943

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The Seigniory Club at Montebello, P.Q. by artist Willard Morse Mitchell