WORK DETAILS
Frederick Horsman Varley
1881 - 1969, Canadian
Ottawa River
oil on canvas, circa 1940
22 x 28 in, 55.88 x 71.12 cm
ESTIMATE: $125,000 - $150,000
SOLD FOR : $115,000 CAD (premium included)
SALE DATE : Thursday, November 18, 1999
Sale of Heffel Fine Art Auction House, Thursday, November 18, 1999, lot #042
signed and on verso National Gallery of Canada Varley Inventory #564 Provenance: Acquired directly from the Artist by Dr. H. Thompson By descent to Shelagh Thompson By descent to the present Private Collection, Vancouver Exhibited: The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1954 The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1955 Literature: Christopher Varley, F.H. Varley, National Gallery of Canada, 1979, reproduced page 90 Varley comments that this work was probably painted during an extended stay in Ottawa in the fall of 1943. Christopher Varley, F.H. Varley, The Edmonton Art Gallery, 1981, reproduced page 156
Reproduced