Artist John Davenall Turner
Title The Westerner
Media oil on wood board
Size 18 x 13.75 in. / 45.7 x 34.9 cm.
Frame Size 24.25 x 20.25 x 3 in.
Sold $325
Estimate $200 - $250
Notes
titled verso; in period frame; some surface dirt and handling marks noted
Reference
illustrated in John Davenall Turner, The Artful Codger; published by the Peter Whyte Foundation, Banff, 1978
Provenance
from the estates of John and Grace Davenall Turner / Joyce Davenall Turner
Biographical Information
John Davenall Turner ~ [1900-1980] Canadian ASA
see Sunfield Painter, The Reminiscences of John Davenall Turner, by J.Turner, University of Alberta Press, 1982 and The Artful Codger, by J.Turner, Whyte Foundation, Banff, 1978; Shell Canada Collection, by B.Shammas, pg.56, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977; included in Jubilee Exhibition of Alberta Paintings, by J.Nicoll, pg.30, Calgary Allied Art Centre, 1955; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.74, Westbridge Pub., 2003