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ONLINE AUCTION
Historical Canadian Art
3rd session

November 02 - November 30, 2017

LOT DETAILS
         
         
         

This session is closed for bidding.
Current bid: $22,500 CAD
Bidding History
Paddle # Date Amount

22006 30-Nov-2017 12:03:37 PM $22,500

33781 30-Nov-2017 12:01:44 PM $20,000

22006 30-Nov-2017 12:01:14 PM $19,000

33781 30-Nov-2017 11:23:59 AM $18,000

The bidding history list updated on: Thursday, March 28, 2024 05:34:13

LOT 402

OSA RCA
1869 - 1941
Canadian

Interior of a Field Hospital Tent
oil on board, circa 1918
signed
8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in, 21.6 x 26.7 cm

Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 CAD

Sold for: $28,125

Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave

PROVENANCE
The Family of J. W. Beatty
By descent to the Artist's niece, Olive Richards, Ontario
Private Estate, St. Thomas, Ontario
Private Collection, Toronto


During World War I, Beatty was one of the first four official Canadian War Artists appointed by the Canadian War Memorials Fund. The other three were Frederick Varley, Maurice Cullen and Charles Simpson, each of whom were given the rank of captain and full military pay. After some time languishing in the Whitby base near Toronto, Beatty was shipped overseas to France along with Cullen. Often working under German fire, they sketched at the Canadian front, depicting “…the horror, the honour and the humanity of the battlefield...” It is worth noting that the tented field hospital in this panel is very likely the same one depicted in Beatty’s Canadian Hospital Tent sketch, lot 402 in Heffel’s November 26th, 2016 sale.

Please note: this work is on preview at the Design Exchange, Toronto from November 18 - 23, 2017.


All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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