Canadian Fine Art Auction

May 26, 2014

LOT 41

Lot 41

DAVID BROWN MILNE

DAVID BROWN MILNE
Lot 41 Details
DAVID BROWN MILNE

PARK AND CITY, NEW YORK

watercolour on illustration board
8 ins x 10 ins; 20.3 cms x 24.8 cms

Estimate $20,000-$30,000

Realised: $17,700
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

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DAVID BROWN MILNE
  • DAVID BROWN MILNE
Provenance:

Estate of the artist
Masters Gallery Ltd., Calgary
Private Collection, Vancouver

Literature:

David P. Silcox and David Milne, Jr., David B. Milne, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume 1: (1882-1928), University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1998, page 72, cat. no. 104.18, reproduced.

Ian Thom (ed.), David Milne, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, 1991, pages 30 and 37.

Note:

At the time this work was executed, circa 1912, Milne was living in New York and had a business at 5th Avenue and East 42nd Street - near the New York Public Library which had just opened in 1911.

A guiding principal of aesthetic economy can be found throughout Milne's work and is quite evident here. In order that the artist’s feeling be conveyed directly to the viewer, speed of execution was important. Boyanoski quotes Milne as stating: "the less expenditure of aesthetic means (color and line), the greater the power of the picture."

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