Joyner’s Canadian Art Auction, 1st Session

November 25, 2008

LOT 227

Lot 227

GEORGE CAMPBELL TINNING, R.C.A.

GEORGE CAMPBELL TINNING, R.C.A.
Lot 227 Details
GEORGE CAMPBELL TINNING, R.C.A.

CANADIAN PARACHUTE BATTALION LANDING; PARACHUTE TREE LANDING

watercolours
considerable creasing
each 14 ins x 22 ins; 35 cms x 55 cms

Estimate $1,500-$2,000

Realised: $1,380
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

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GEORGE CAMPBELL TINNING, R.C.A.
  • GEORGE CAMPBELL TINNING, R.C.A.
Literature:

Dean F. Oliver/Laura Brandon, Canvas of War; Painting the Canadian Experience, 1914-1945, Ottawa, 2001, page 132, illustrated for a similar subject entitled Drifting Down, 1944.

Note:

Tinning was appointed an official War Artist in April, 1943. According to an inscription on the frame backing, these works are “Original Field sketches done approximately 2 months prior to D-Day at Bulford Camp, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England.”

CONDITION DETAILS

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  • 1 Star: Poor - Flaws or damage immediately apparent under standard lighting (examples: missing components, rips, broken glass, damaged surfaces, etc.)

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