Lot 47
RAFAL MALCZEWSKI (1892-1965)
Lot 47 Details
RAFAL MALCZEWSKI (1892-1965), Polish/Canadian
WAKEFIELD ON GATINEAU RIVER
Watercolour; signed lower left, titled to the nameplate, titled in the Dominion Gallery, Montreal inventory books held at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
13.5 ins x 19.5 ins; 34.3 cms x 49.5 cms
Estimate $2,000-$3,000
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Provenance:
The Dominion Gallery received this work, entitled in the DG inventory books: “Wakefield on Gatineau River”, on approval directly from the artist in August 1947;
Dominion Gallery, Montreal gallery label verso backing, Inventory No. C402, according to the D.G. inventory books housed at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa;
“Given to Mr. Ivan Leger”, Montreal by the Dominion Gallery, Montreal on December 20, 1947, the consignor's great grandfather;
By descent to the consignor's great grandmother;
By descent to her daughter, mother of the consignor;
By descent to her daughter, the present Private Collection, Toronto
Note:
Born in Krakó, the artist came to Canada in 1942. By December 1942 he held his first Canadian exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.