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Joyner’s Canadian Art Auction, 1st Session

May 26, 2009

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LOT 50

Lot 50

DAVID BROWN MILNE

DAVID BROWN MILNE
Lot 50 Details
DAVID BROWN MILNE

CAMPFIRE AFTER DINNER

watercolour
signed and dated 1938
9 1/2 ins x 13 1/2 ins; 23.8 cms x 33.8 cms

Estimate $25,000-$30,000

Realised: $44,840
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Lot Report

Provenance:

Douglas Duncan/Picture Loan Society, Toronto.
Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal.
Laing Galleries, Toronto (as Artists Tools by a Campfire)
Gary Bell, Toronto.
Morris Gallery, Toronto.
Sotheby’s, Toronto, sale November 26, 1984, lot 132.
F. David Gooding, Vancouver.
Heffel Fine Art Auction House, Vancouver, sale November 6, 1997, lot 89.
Private Collection, British Columbia.

Literature:

David Milne Jr. and David P. Silcox, David B. Milne: Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings, Volume 2: 1929-1953, Toronto, 1998, page 620, no.306.46, reproduced.

Exhibited:

Paintings by David Milne, Western Canada Art Circuit, 1953-4, no.15 (as Artists Tools by a Campfire). Travelled to Saskatoon, Vancouver (University of
British Columbia), Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, Vancouver (Vancouver Art Gallery), Regina and Winnipeg.

Note:

Painted at Six Mile Lake, Muskoka, Ontario.

CONDITION DETAILS

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  • 2 Stars: Fair - Exhibits flaws or damage that may draw the eye under standard lighting
  • 1 Star: Poor - Flaws or damage immediately apparent under standard lighting (examples: missing components, rips, broken glass, damaged surfaces, etc.)

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