Artist Illingworth Holey Kerr
Title Turner Valley Nocturne
Media oil on canvas
Dated
1974
Size 39.5 x 53.25 in. / 100.3 x 135.3 cm.
Frame Size 46.5 x 60.5 x 1.5 in.
Sold $13,000
Estimate $20,000 - $30,000
Notes
signed with monogram lower left; signed, titled and dated 'Dec. 1974' verso; framed
Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Biographical Information
Illingworth Holey Kerr ~ [1905-1989] Canadian ASA, RCA
see Harvest of the Spirit, by M.Callahan, E.A.G., 1985 and Paint and Circumstance, by I.Kerr, Calgary, 1987; N.G.C. Vol.2 G-K, ed.C.Hill, pg.368; Founders of the A.C.A., by V.Greenfield, pg.87; Biographical Dict. of Saskatchewan Artists - Men, by M.Newman, pg.137, Fifth House Pub., 1994; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.3, pg.633; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.2, pg.91, Westbridge Pub., 2000; 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