LOT 217

ARCA G7 OSA
1881 - 1969
Canadian

Natasha
oil on board, circa 1943
signed and on verso titled on an exhibition label, inscribed "54" and stamped Dominion Gallery
15 x 11 3/4 in, 38.1 x 29.8 cm

Estimate: $70,000 - $90,000 CAD

Sold for: $73,250

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PROVENANCE
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Private Collection, Toronto
A.K. Prakash & Associates Inc., Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
Fine Canadian Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, November 26, 2015, lot 153
Private Collection, Halifax

LITERATURE
Group of Seven Exhibition, Dominion Gallery, 1944, listed
Peter Varley, Frederick H. Varley, 1983, page 37
Katerina Atanassova, F.H. Varley: Portraits into the Light / Mise en lumière des portraits, Varley Art Gallery, 2007, pages 86, 95 and 105, a circa 1943 portrait entitled Natalie (also known as Natasha), collection of the Town of Markham, reproduced plate 50, unpaginated, and listed page 155

EXHIBITED
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Group of Seven Exhibition, May 13 – 24, 1944, catalogue #7
The Fine Art Galleries, T. Eaton Co. Ltd., Toronto, October 30 – November 11, 1944
Royal Canadian Academy, Montreal (label verso)


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Estimate: $70,000 - $90,000 CAD

All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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