Artist Arthur Lismer
Title Drawing for Quebec Uplands
Media ink and pastel on paper
Dated
ca. 1926
Size 9 x 12.25 in. / 22.9 x 31.1 cm.
Frame Size 18.5 x 21 x 1.5 in.
Sold $3,000
Estimate $2,500 - $3,500
Notes
signed with initials lower right; bears title and date on gallery label verso; framed with archival mat and special glass
Reference
this is a drawing for the [32 x 40 in.] oil on canvas titled 'Quebec Uplands 1926' in the National Gallery of Canada; [image attached verso]; September Gale, A Life of Arthur Lismer, by John A. B. McLeish; published by J.M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Ltd., Toronto, 1955 and 1973, book included with lot
Provenance
Galerie d'Art Vincent, Ottawa, label verso
Biographical Information
Arthur Lismer ~ [1885-1969] Canadian CSPWC, OSA, RCA
see Arthur Lismer Paintings 1913-1949, by S.Key, Art Gallery of Toronto, 1950; September Gale, a Study of Arthur Lismer, by J.McLeish, Dent and Sons, 1955; Bright Land - A Warm Look at Arthur Lismer, by L.Darroch, Merritt Pub., 1981; Arthur Lismer Nova Scotia, 1916-1919, by G.Kelly, Dalhousie Art Gallery, 1983; Canadian Jungle: the Later Works of Arthur Lismer, by D.Reid, A.G.O., 1985; A New Angle on Canadian Art, by I.Thom, McMichael Canadian Collection, 1985; N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.172; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.244; biography in Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, by E.Benezit, Tome 6, pg.694; The Group of Seven in Western Canada, by C.Mastin, pg.44; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website