Canadian Fine Art Auction

May 26, 2014

LOT 100

Lot 100

HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON

HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Lot 100 Details
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON

STILL LIFE WITH VIOLIN

oil on canvas
signed and dated ‘52; with a preliminary, unfinished charcoal sketch of this work on the reverse
26 ins x 34 ins; 66 cms x 86.4 cms

Estimate $4,000-$5,000

Realised: $7,670
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

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HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
  • HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
  • HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Provenance:

Collection of H.S. Southam, Ontario
Galerie D’Art Vincent, Ottawa
Private Collection, Montreal

Literature:

Donald C. Robinson, A Tribute to Henri Masson, Kinsman Robinson Galleries, Toronto, 1981.

Note:

 Like many artists of his generation, Masson struggled with material success supporting himself and his family with employment as an engraver.  However, according to the artist's Toronto dealer, Masson's fortune changed in the early 1940s when he was discovered by H.S. Southam, in whose collection this painting once was. Chairman of the Trustees of the National Gallery of Canada and publisher of the Ottawa Citizen, Southam became Masson's biggest patron, eventually acquiring hundreds of paintings by the artist.  This patronage allowed Masson to take up painting full-time in 1945. 

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