ALC CGP G7 OSA RCA
1873 - 1932
Canadian
Giants Tomb, Georgian Bay
oil on canvas
on verso initialed and inscribed “about 1912 Georgian Bay" / "Thoreau MacDonald" / "Sept. 58" / "are in his hand" and indistinctly by Thoreau MacDonald ]
28 1/4 x 38 1/4 in, 71.8 x 97.2 cm
Estimate: $125,000 - $175,000 CAD
Sold for: $325,250
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PROVENANCE
Thoreau MacDonald, Toronto, 1958
Paul Guy Desmarais Sr., Montreal, 1967
By descent to Jacqueline Desmarais, Montreal
Estate of Jacqueline Desmarais
LITERATURE
C.W. Jefferys, “MacDonald’s Sketches” and “Generalia,” The Lamps, vol. 1, no. 2, December 1911, pages 12 and 16
James MacCallum, “The Outer (Northern) Bay,” The Madawaska Club, Go-Home Bay, 1898 - 1923 (reprinted 1972), pages 49 - 50, and pages 10, 19, 24 and 51 - 52
E.R. Hunter, J.E.H. MacDonald: A Biography and Catalogue of His Work, 1940, pages 7 - 10 and 48
Nancy Robertson, J.E.H. MacDonald, RCA, 1873 - 1932, Art Gallery of Toronto, 1965, pages 7 - 10, 13, 21 and 47 - 49
Dennis Reid, The Group of Seven, National Gallery of Canada, 1970, pages 60 - 62
Paul Duval, Tangled Garden: The Art of J.E.H. MacDonald, 1978, pages 24, 35 - 37 and 45 - 46
John Flood, Thoreau MacDonald’s Notebooks, 1980, pages 15 - 38
Pierre B. Landry, The MacCallum – Jackman Cottage Mural Paintings, 1990, pages 10 - 17
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Estimate: $125,000 - $175,000 CAD
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