Media graphite on paper
Size 8 x 6 in. / 20.3 x 15.2 cm.
Frame Size 16.5 x 14 x 1 in.
Sold $600
Estimate $200 - $300
Notes
signed lower left; bears title and inscription 'Plate #106 the sketch Vesper Sparrow from Birds of the Eastern Forest 2' on gallery label verso; framed with archival mat
Provenance
Alex Fraser Galleries, Vancouver, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Biographical Information
James Fenwick Lansdowne ~ [1937-2008] Canadian RCA
see J. Fenwick Lansdowne, by L. Rombout, V.A.G., 1981; Fenwick Lansdowne, the Rare Birds of China, by N.Tuele, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, n.d. [ca.1995?]; see biography at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenwick_Lansdowne; 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