Artist Nicholas de Grandmaison
Title Joe Calf Child, Blackfoot
Media watercolour on paper
Size 9.5 x 6.75 in. / 24.1 x 17.1 cm.
Frame Size 20.25 x 17.75 x 1.5 in.
Notes
signed lower left; bears title on plaque; framed with special glass
Reference
lot includes History in their Blood by Hugh A. Dempsey, published by Douglas and McIntyre, 1982; bears inscription by G.H. Gooderham from 1951 'The subject of this picture is Joe Calf Child, Blackfoot, the second of three generations known to the writer. Calf Child, his father, was the War Chief of the Blackfeet when Crowfoot signed treaty for them...' on paper attached verso)
Provenance
Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso; from the Estate of Dr. Joan Snyder, a prominent Calgary philanthropist; proceeds from this work will help fulfill Joan's wishes to support the University of Calgary. To read more about Dr. Joan Snyder, visit the University of Calgary's Memoriam
Biographical Information
Nicholas de Grandmaison ~ [1892-1978] Canadian ASA, MSA, RCA
see
History in Their Blood; Indian Portraits of Nicholas de Grandmaison, by H.Dempsey, Douglas and McIntyre, 1982;
Drawn from the Past, Nicholas de Grandmaison, by Gordon Snyder, Snyder Fine Art, 2007
Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.2 pg.305;
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.87, Westbridge Pub., 1999
exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.155
listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, see website at Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN]