CGP CPE
1901 - 1989
Canadian
Canadian Geese
oil on canvas
signed, initialed and dated 1931
50 x 40 in, 127 x 101.6 cm
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 CAD
Sold for: $8,190
Preview at: Heffel Vancouver
PROVENANCE
Art Emporium Limited, Montreal
Baron Byng High School, Montreal, circa December 1931 / January 1932
The PSBGM Cultural Heritage Foundation
LITERATURE
Margaret E. Edison, Thoreau MacDonald, A Catalogue of Design and Illustration, 1973, a black and white design of three flying geese for a 1930 Canadian National Exhibition catalogue cover reproduced page 69
Thoreau MacDonald, the son of Group of Seven artist J.E.H. MacDonald, was an accomplished designer and book illustrator. This striking depiction of Canadian geese reflects the strong, graphic quality of his work as a designer. MacDonald reduces his painting to powerful essentials – a migration of the strong, assertive geese over a darkened land against a glowing sky – the most Canadian of images.
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 CAD
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