Artist Joseph Douglas Purcell
Title Back of Lunenburg, N. Scotia
Media oil on wood board
Dated 1950
Size 12 x 16 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; titled verso; framed; some surface dirt noted

Provenance
Continental Galleries, Montreal, label verso; from the family of Gordon Adaskin and by descent
Estimate CAD$600-$800

Artist Joseph Douglas Purcell
Title Untitled - Nova Scotian Beauty
Media watercolour on paper
Size 14.75 x 23.25 x 1 in. / 37.5 x 59.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$350-$450

Artist Joseph Douglas Purcell
Title Spring Ploughing on the La Have River, N.S.
Media oil on canvas board
Size 6 x 8 x 1 in. / 15.2 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm.

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

Provenance
Zwickers Gallery, Halifax, label verso; from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Joseph Douglas Purcell
Title Schooner at the Fisherman's Warf Near Stonehurst
Media oil on canvas board
Size 6 x 8 x 1 in. / 15.2 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm.

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

Provenance
Zwickers Gallery, Halifax, label verso; from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Joseph Douglas Purcell
Title The Welcome Inn - Ale and Rum
Media mixed media on board
Size 24 x 19.75 x 1 in. / 61 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; wrought iron top and various mixed media attached

Reference
this self portrait was done for the artist's friend who owned a pub where it hung for many years

Provenance
private collection, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Estimate CAD$400-$500