Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Reclining Nude
Media watercolour and ink on paper
Dated 1935
Size 14 x 10.75 in. / 35.6 x 27.3 cm.

Notes
signed middle centre; bears title and date on gallery label verso; framed; small stain on shoulder noted; some handling marks on frame noted

Provenance
Kastel Gallery, Montreal, label verso; private collection, Victoria
Estimate CAD$500-$700

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Untitled - Greetings
Media hand coloured lino block on paper
Size 7 x 4 in. / 17.8 x 10.2 cm.

Notes
signed and inscribed '24194' along bottom; framed with archival mat

Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Untitled - Abstract Landscape
Media ink on paper
Dated 1941
Size 5.5 x 8.5 in. / 14 x 21.6 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; framed with archival mat and special glass

Provenance
originally purchased from the Kastel Gallery, Montreal
Estimate CAD$800-$1,000

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Untitled - Abstract with Bottle and Boat
Media mixed media on paper
Dated 1942
Size 7.75 x 11.5 in. / 19.7 x 29.2 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower left; framed with archival mat; some pieces of frame missing along bottom

Provenance
Waddington and Gorce Inc., Toronto, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Untitled - Tug Boat at Dock
Media watercolour and ink on paper
Size 4 x 6 in. / 10.2 x 15.2 cm.

Notes
indistinctly signed and dated [1938?] lower centre; framed with archival mat and special glass

Provenance
purchased directly from the artist; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$500-$600

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Sunset, Georgian Bay
Media watercolour and ink on paper
Size 5 x 6 x 1 in. / 12.7 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Kastel Gallery, Westmount, label verso
Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Circus, 1930
Media mixed media on paper
Dated 1930
Size 5.25 x 6.25 x 1 in. / 13.3 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; titled on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Kastel Gallery, Montreal, and Masters Gallery, Calgary, labels verso; ex-collection George and Lola Kidd, Victoria; proceeds to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Estimate CAD$800-$1,000

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Potato Pickers
Media colour silkscreen on board
Size 29.5 x 39.5 x 1 in. / 74.9 x 100.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed in screen lower center; signed 'Supervised by A.J. Casson' lower right; title, artist's name and 'Issued by The National Gallery of Canada' printed along bottom; minor handling marks noted

Reference
label verso reads 'This Art Print is a facsimile of the artist's original, painted for this series... Pure oil colors have been used to give brilliance and lasting qualities...'

Provenance
Sampson-Matthews Ltd., Toronto, label verso; Proceeds to the Canadian Downs Syndrome Society
Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Gaspe Landscape, 1941
Media ink on paper
Dated 1941
Size 5.5 x 8.5 x 1 in. / 14 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title on gallery label verso; framed with archival mat

Provenance
Kastel Gallery, Montreal, label verso
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Street Scene, Montreal, 1934
Media ink on paper
Dated 1934
Size 8 x 5 x 1 in. / 20.3 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated lower centre; glued down to paperboard and some discolouration noted; bears title on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Kaspar Gallery, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Still Life
Media ink on paper
Size 9.25 x 11.5 x 1 in. / 23.5 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title on label verso

Provenance
Kastel Gallery, Montreal, label verso
Estimate CAD$1,000-$1,200

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Untitled - Angel Glacier, Mt. Edith Cavell
Media mixed media on paper
Size 12.75 x 9 x 1 in. / 32.4 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower centre; archival mat

Reference
was this included in The Brave New World of Fritz Brandtner, catalogue number 13, pg.65

Provenance
Kastel Gallery, Montreal, stamp verso
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Untitled - Nude
Media ink and watercolour on paper
Size 16.5 x 11.75 x 1 in. / 41.9 x 29.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed right centre

Provenance
Kastel Gallery, Montreal, stamp verso
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Montreal-'34, Fletcher Field
Media watercolour and mixed media on paper
Dated 1934
Size 6.5 x 9.5 x 1 in. / 16.5 x 24.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and dated right centre

Provenance
Kastel Gallery, Westmount, label verso
Estimate CAD$600-$800

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title The Vision #H.C.1/5
Media lino block on paper
Size 5.5 x 3.25 x 1 in. / 14 x 8.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with estate stamp

Reference
this was a Christmas card printed by the estate of the artist

Provenance
Kastel Gallery, Westmount, label verso
Estimate CAD$250-$300

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Moonlight, Alma
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1968
Size 17.5 x 21.25 x 1 in. / 44.4 x 54 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and inscribed lower centre; bears title on label verso

Reference
see similar work from this time period illustrated in The Brave New World of Fritz Brandtner, by H.Dufy, pg.86

Provenance
Kastel Gallery and Galerie Jean-Pierre Valentin, Montreal, labels verso
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Montreal Back Lane
Media ink on paper
Size 5.75 x 4.5 x 1 in. / 14.6 x 11.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and inscribed 'Montreal' lower centre

Provenance
Galerie Kastel, Montreal, stamp verso
Estimate CAD$500-$600

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Colour Study of the Open Window
Media watercolour, ink and graphite on paper
Size 6.25 x 8.75 x 1 in. / 15.9 x 22.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and inscribed 'first idea' lower right

Provenance
Kastel Gallery, Westmount, stamp verso
Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title B.C.
Media watercolour and ink on paper
Dated 1930
Size 7.25 x 10.75 x 1 in. / 18.4 x 27.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and dated along bottom; drawing verso; paper attached verso

Reference
1930 was the only year the artist travelled to the west coast, where he visited Philip Surrey whom he worked with at Brigdens in Winnipeg, see The Brave New World, pg.26 for more information on this important time period in the artist's career

Provenance
Kastel Gallery, Westmount, stamp verso
Estimate CAD$1,250-$1,500

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Banff
Media ink on paper
Dated 1930
Size 8 x 11.5 x 1 in. / 20.3 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right

Reference
see Images of the Land, by P.Ainslie, cat.#24 for a print titled 'Mountain' from the same year in the N.G.C. collection

Provenance
Kastel Gallery, Westmount, label verso
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Untitled - Abstract Composition
Media hand coloured block print on paper
Size 7 x 4.5 x 1 in. / 17.8 x 11.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed below image; tipped on along top edge; archival mat front and back

Estimate CAD$500-$700

Artist Friedrich Wilhelm [Fritz] Brandtner
Title Untitled - Abstract Collage
Media mixed media on canvas and paperboard
Size 7 x 6.5 x 1 in. / 17.8 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed on paper backing

Reference
Fritz Brandtner 1896-1969, A Retrospective Exhibition, by J.R.Harper, 1971, Sir George Williams University, exhibition catalogue included with lot

Provenance
Galerie Kastel, Montreal, and Kaspar Gallery, Toronto, labels verso; private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200