Canadian Fine Art Auction

May 26, 2014

LOT 71

Lot 71

LAURA ADELINE MUNTZ, O.S.A., A.R.C.A.

LAURA ADELINE MUNTZ, O.S.A., A.R.C.A.
Lot 71 Details
LAURA ADELINE MUNTZ, O.S.A., A.R.C.A.

PORTRAIT STUDY OF TWO CHILDREN IN AN ORCHARD

oil on canvas
signed
35.5 ins x 23.5 ins; 90.2 cms x 59.7 cms

Estimate $20,000-$30,000

Realised: $28,320
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

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LAURA ADELINE MUNTZ, O.S.A., A.R.C.A.
  • LAURA ADELINE MUNTZ, O.S.A., A.R.C.A.
Provenance:

Private Collection, Ontario

Literature:

Paul Duval, Impressionism in Canada, McClelland and Stewart Inc., Toronto, 1990, page 50.

Note:

Laura Muntz resided in Paris from 1891-1898 and it was here that she fell under the spell of Impressionism, adopting its open brushwork and sunlit themes to her own purposes. In Paris she would have had access to works by the great Impressionists of the day and Paul Duval speculates that she may well have seen the 1893 one-woman exhibition of Mary Cassatt's work at Durand-Ruel. Duval quotes Muntz, who bore no children of her own, passionately declaring that she "had only two hobbies -  painting and children. I don't know which I am fonder of."  While we are uncertain of the identity of the children Muntz paints here with such tenderness, it is clear that her two declared hobbies come together in this single work, resulting in one of the finest double portraits by Muntz to have appeared at auction.

CONDITION DETAILS

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