ALC CGP G7 OSA RCA
1873 - 1932
Canadian
The Lonely North
oil on paperboard
initialed “J.M.” and dated 1912 and on verso inscribed “Dr. MacC”, “20” and indistinctly
6 x 8 in, 15.2 x 20.3 cm
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000 CAD
Sold for: $103,250
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
Dr. James M. MacCallum, Toronto
A gift to his great-nephew, Glenholme Lloyd Macdougall, Calgary
Bequest to a Private Collection, Alberta, 1998
By descent to the present Private Collection, Alberta
LITERATURE
Ontario Society of Artists 41st Annual Exhibition, Art Museum of Toronto, the related 1913 canvas titled The Lonely North reproduced, unpaginated
Pictures & Sculptures Given by Canadian Artists in Aid of the Patriotic Fund, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1914, the related canvas reproduced, unpaginated
E.R. Hunter, J.E.H. MacDonald: A Biography & Catalogue of His Work, 1940, pages 14 – 15 and 48, and the related canvas reproduced plate 3
Nancy E. Robertson, J.E.H. MacDonald, R.C.A., 1873 – 1932, Art Gallery of Toronto, 1965, the related canvas reproduced, unpaginated
Literature continued:
Paul Duval, The Tangled Garden, 1976, pages 34 – 37 and 45 – 47, the related canvas reproduced page 66
Sarah Fillmore, Canadian Pioneers: Tom Thomson, Emily Carr, J.W. Morrice, and the Group of Seven—Masterworks from the Sobey Collections, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2012, the related canvas reproduced page 85 and listed page 128
Sarah Milroy, editor, Generations: The Sobey Family & Canadian Art, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2022, the related canvas reproduced pages 124 – 125 and listed page 211
Kate Helwig and Alison Douglas, J.E.H. MacDonald Up Close: The Artist’s Materials and Techniques, 2023, MacDonald’s sketches from 1911 to 1913 discussed pages 53 – 55
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Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000 CAD
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