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Lot #116.1, Lot #117

Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald ~ [1873-1932] Canadian OSA, RCA

#116.1 ~ MacDonald - Untitled - The Homeseekers, A Prairie Camp
#117 ~ MacDonald - Farm Near High Park
Lot #116.1, Lot #117

Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald ~ [1873-1932] Canadian OSA, RCA

Reference: see J.E.H. MacDonald by A.Robson, Ryerson Press, 1937; J.E.H. MacDonald, R.C.A. 1873-1932, by N.Robertson, A.G.O. 1965; The Tangled Garden, by P.Duval, Cerebus Pub., Toronto, 1978; J.E.H. MacDonald Sketchbook, 1915-1922, by J.E.H. Macdonald, Penumbra Press, 1979; The Lake O'Hara Art of J.E.H. MacDonald, by L.Christensen, Fifth House Pub. 2003; biographies in N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.188 and Westbridge,Vol.3, pg.3; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.266; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.252

Lot #118

Artist: Malcom [Mac] James MacKenzie ~ [1932-2002] Canadian

#118 ~ MacKenzie - Heading Home  #17/25
Lot #118

Artist: Malcom [Mac] James MacKenzie ~ [1932-2002] Canadian

Reference: Cochrane, Alberta artist best known for the twelve foot 'Men of Vision' bronze located at the Cochrane Ranche historical site; he owned his own foundry and gallery north of Cochrane; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.6, Westbridge Pub., 2001; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #250

Artist: Medrie MacPhee ~ [b.1953] Canadian

#250 ~ MacPhee - Suspension
Lot #250

Artist: Medrie MacPhee ~ [b.1953] Canadian

Reference: see artist's website medriemacphee.com; see Medrie MacPhee / Sussanna Heller, by L.Plotek, S.A.A.G., 1989; instructor at Cooper's Union School of Art; represented by Tibor De Nagy Gallery, New York, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto and others

Lot #251

Artist: Sarah Martin ~ [21st Century] Canadian

#251 ~ Martin - Always Present
Lot #251

Artist: Sarah Martin ~ [21st Century] Canadian

Reference: see artist's website at sarahmartin.ca; represented by Canada House Gallery, Banff and Adele Campbell Fine Art Gallery, Whistler

Lot #447

Artist: Thomas Mower Martin ~ [1838-1934] Canadian OSA, RCA

#447 ~ Martin - Corduroy Road
Lot #447

Artist: Thomas Mower Martin ~ [1838-1934] Canadian OSA, RCA

Reference: see The Father of Canadian Art, Thomas Mower Martin, by T.Graeme, T and T Enertprises, Sidney, 2009; N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.208; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.299; R.O.M. Canadian Watercolours, by M.Allodi; biographies in E.P.E.C., by R.Harper, pg.217; MacDonald, Vol.4, pg.1113 and Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.16, Westbridge Pub.; founding member of the O.S.A. and charter member of the R.C.A.; see also Canadian Landscape Painters, by A.Robson, pg.42, Ryerson Press, 1932 and Canadian Art: Its Origin and Development, by W.Colgate, pg.24; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.271 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.255; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #119, Lot #120, Lot #121

Artist: Henri Leopold Masson ~ [1907-1996] Canadian CGP, CSGA, CSPWC, FCA, OSA, RCA

#119 ~ Masson - Untitled - The String Section
#120 ~ Masson - Woodwind Quartet
#121 ~ Masson - Country Dance
Lot #119, Lot #120, Lot #121

Artist: Henri Leopold Masson ~ [1907-1996] Canadian CGP, CSGA, CSPWC, FCA, OSA, RCA

Reference: see Remembering Henri Masson, 50 Years of Painting, by R.Babinska, Galerie d'Art Vincent, Ottawa, 2001; Henri Masson, La Vision d'un Peintre, by C.Bouchard, Les Editions Lecha, 1979; Henri Masson, by M.Gingras, Collection Signatures, 1981; N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.209; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.299; biographies in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.4, pg.1141 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.17, Westbridge Pub., 2001; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.275 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.257; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #252, Lot #253

Artist: William Hadd McElcheran ~ [1927-1999] Canadian RCA

#252 ~ McElcheran - Sweet Success  #2/9
#253 ~ McElcheran - Untitled - The News  #8/9
Lot #252, Lot #253

Artist: William Hadd McElcheran ~ [1927-1999] Canadian RCA

Reference: see artist's website williammcelcheran.com; see William Mac [William McElcheran]: The Businessman, by I.Lindemann, Hocherl-Verlag, Munchen, 1991; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.256; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.23, Westbridge Pub., 2001; exhibited at Kinsman Robinson Gallery, Toronto as well as Masters Gallery, Calgary; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #254

Artist: Peter McFarlane ~ [21st Century] Canadian

#254 ~ McFarlane - Iron Horse and Train
Lot #254

Artist: Peter McFarlane ~ [21st Century] Canadian

Reference: see artist's website at www.petermcfarlane.com; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; represented by Canada House Gallery, Banff, Gallery Merrick, Victoria and Steffich Fine Art, Salt Spring Island

Lot #448, Lot #449, Lot #450

Artist: Robert F.M. McInnis ~ [b.1942] Canadian

#448 ~ McInnis - Francoise and David
#449 ~ McInnis - Green and Pearls
#450 ~ McInnis - Road to the Sky, Chemin vers le Ciel, Port au Persil
Lot #448, Lot #449, Lot #450

Artist: Robert F.M. McInnis ~ [b.1942] Canadian

Reference: A is Alberta: A Centennial Alphabet Ken Tingley, Simple Truth Publications, 2005; Art Attitude: The Random Thoughts of RFM McInnis by Robert McInnis, 2021Spaces and Places - Eight Decades of Landscape Painting in Alberta, by J.Ironside, pg.106; biographies in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.4, addendum and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.24, Westbridge Pub., 2001; exhibited at Masters Gallery, Calgary; Roberts Gallery, Toronto; Galerie Klinkhoff, Montreal; see artist website www.rfmmcinnis.ca; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; the artist was elected to the College of Fellows of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 2017; Art Attitude: The Random Thoughts of RFM McInnis by Robert McInnis, 2021

Lot #451, Lot #452

Artist: Robert McVittie ~ [1935-2002] Canadian

#451 ~ McVittie - In a Fresh Breeze [Mackerel Seiner Towing Her Boats]
#452 ~ McVittie - On the Reach - Blue Nose Schooner
Lot #451, Lot #452

Artist: Robert McVittie ~ [1935-2002] Canadian

Reference: biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.29, Westbridge Pub., 2001 and Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.4, pg. 1081; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #453

Artist: David Brown Milne ~ [1882-1953] Canadian CSPWC

#453 ~ Milne - Painting Place
Lot #453

Artist: David Brown Milne ~ [1882-1953] Canadian CSPWC

Reference: see David Milne, by Milroy & Dejardin, Philip Wilson Publishers; 2018; Reflections in a Quiet Pool - The Prints of David Milne, by R.Tovell, NGC, 1980 for the definitive text on this artist's graphic career; David Milne and the Modern Tradition of Painting, by J.O'Brian, Coach House Press, 1983; David Milne, ed.I.Thom, VAG, 1992 and Painting Place: the Life and Work of David B. Milne, by D.Silcox, U of Toronto Press, 1996; David Milne Watercolours, by K.Lochnan, AGO, 2005; NGC Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.213; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.304; Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, by E.Benezit, Tome7, pg.425; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #122, Lot #123, Lot #454

Artist: Janet Mitchell ~ [1912-1998] Canadian ASA, CSPWC, RCA

#122 ~ Mitchell - Untitled - Colourful Garden
#123 ~ Mitchell - Summer Holidays
#454 ~ Mitchell - A Trifle Unrealistic  #17/22
Lot #122, Lot #123, Lot #454

Artist: Janet Mitchell ~ [1912-1998] Canadian ASA, CSPWC, RCA

Reference: see Janet Mitchell, Life and Art, by P.Armstrong, Hyperion Press, 1990 and Janet Mitchell, a Retrospective Exhibition, by A.Oko, Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 1977; N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.219; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.4, pg.1240; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.37, Westbridge Pub., 2001; North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, ed. J.Heller, pg.384, Garland Pub., 1995; included in Jubilee Exhibition of Alberta Paintings, by J.Nicoll, pg.23, Calgary Allied Art Centre, 1955; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #124

Artist: Dominik J. Modlinski ~ [b.1970] Polish/Canadian

#124 ~ Modlinski - Rush Hour in Antarctica
Lot #124

Artist: Dominik J. Modlinski ~ [b.1970] Polish/Canadian

Reference: see artist's website at paintingjourneys.com; represented by Canada House Gallery, Banff, Koyman Galleries, Ottawa, Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna and others

Lot #455

Artist: Sidney Charles Mooney ~ [1927-2018] Canadian

#455 ~ Mooney - Untitled - After the Burn
Lot #455

Artist: Sidney Charles Mooney ~ [1927-2018] Canadian

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #255

Artist: Henry Spencer Moore ~ [1898-1986] British RSA, RBA

#255 ~ Moore - Three Reclining Figures  #61/90
Lot #255

Artist: Henry Spencer Moore ~ [1898-1986] British RSA, RBA

Reference: see Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, by R.Melville, Abrams, NY; Henry Moore, Catalogue of Graphic Works, in four volumes, by H.Cramer, A.Grant, and D.Mitchinson, Geneva, 1973; The Moore Collection in the Art Gallery of Ontario, by A. G. Wilkinson, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1979; biography in Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, by E.Benezit, Tome 6, pg.200

Lot #256, Lot #257

Artist: Ronald [Ron] Benjamin Moppett ~ [b.1945] Canadian RCA

#256 ~ Moppett - Butterflies
#257 ~ Moppett - No. 12 Leicester City
Lot #256, Lot #257

Artist: Ronald [Ron] Benjamin Moppett ~ [b.1945] Canadian RCA

Reference: see Ron Moppett, by Lorne Falk, Walter Phillips Gallery, 1982; Ron Moppett: Painting Nature with a Mirror, 1974-1989, no author, Mackenzie Art Gallery, no date; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; represented by Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary and others

Lot #456

Artist: Angela Morgan ~ [20th century] Canadian

#456 ~ Morgan - One Umbrella
Lot #456

Artist: Angela Morgan ~ [20th century] Canadian

Reference: see artist's website at angelamorgan.com; represented by Gibson Fine Art, Calgary, Assiniboia Gallery, Regina and others

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Lot #457

Artist: Sylvia Naylor ~ [20th century] Canadian

#457 ~ Naylor - A Fall Woodland Walk
Lot #457

Artist: Sylvia Naylor ~ [20th century] Canadian

Reference: see artist's website at www.sylvianaylor.com

Lot #458

Artist: Laura Nelson ~ [21st century] Canadian

#458 ~ Nelson - Ammonite
Lot #458

Artist: Laura Nelson ~ [21st century] Canadian

Reference: see artist's web site http://www.lauranelson.ca/

Lot #459, Lot #460

Artist: Maxwell Allen Newhouse ~ [b.1947] Canadian

#459 ~ Newhouse - Musical Ride Figure 8 with a Loose Dog
#460 ~ Newhouse - Celebrating the First Five Years
Lot #459, Lot #460

Artist: Maxwell Allen Newhouse ~ [b.1947] Canadian

Reference: represented by Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver; illustrated A Story of Courage, Laura Secord, by J.Lunn, Tundra Books, 2002 and a forthcoming book on Emily Carr; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #61, Lot #72, Lot #73

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#61 ~ NO LOT - NO LOT
#72 ~ NO LOT - NO LOT
#73 ~ NO LOT - NO LOT
Lot #61, Lot #72, Lot #73

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