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Joyner’s Canadian Art Auction

November 22, 2010

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LOT 17

Lot 17

FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL, O.S.A., R.C.A.

FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL, O.S.A., R.C.A.
Lot 17 Details
FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL, O.S.A., R.C.A.

VILLAGE IN WINTER

watercolour over graphite
signed and dated 1925
11 ins x 15 ins; 27.5 cms x 37.5 cms

Estimate $30,000-$40,000

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

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Lot Report

Provenance:

Sotheby’s, sale, Toronto, November 3, 1993, lot 303.
Private Collection, Ontario.

Literature:

Megan Bice, Light & Shadow: The Work of Franklin Carmichael, The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, 1990, pages 37-40 and cat. no’s 82 and 84 for other works painted during this period.

Note:

The year 1924 marked Carmichael’s return to the watercolour medium. His desire to install watercolour in its rightful place of importance was manifested in his founding in 1925, with A.J. Casson and F.H. Brigden, the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour.

CONDITION DETAILS

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