Joyner’s Canadian Art Auction, 1st Session

November 20, 2007

LOT 19

Lot 19

DAVID BROWN MILNE

DAVID BROWN MILNE
Lot 19 Details
DAVID BROWN MILNE

STILL WATER AND FISH

drypoint, printed in colours
signed and numbered /33 in the lower margin
634.0" x 834.0" (16.9 cm x 21.9 cm)

Estimate $20,000-$30,000

Realised: $36,800
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

Provenance:

Private Collection, Ontario

Literature:

Rosemarie L. Tovell, Reflections in a Quiet Pool: The Prints of David Milne, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1980, pages 192-194 and plate 78, illustrated.
David Milne Jr. and David P. Silcox, David B. Milne: Catalogue Raissone of the Paintings, Volume 2: 1929-1953, 1998, page 747, no.403.13, reproduced (for the watercolour entitled Still Water depicting a Six Mile Lake subject painted at Uxbridge, Ontario, 14 January, 1941).

Note:

This 3 plate colour drypoint etching is Milne’s second version of this subject and was executed between March and April, 1941 in an edition of 33. The work is based on a watercolour entitled Still Water, although Milne first titled the print Reflections, but by August, 1941 he had settled on the title Still Water and Fish for both the watercolour and the print.

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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