Artist Cornelius Krieghoff
Title Untitled - Trapper Returning at Sunset
Media oil on canvas
Size 10.25 x 8.75 in. / 26 x 22.2 cm.
Frame Size 16.75 x 15.5 x 2.5 in.
Sold $21,000
Estimate $15,000 - $25,000
Notes
signed lower left; framed; some minor handling marks on frame noted
Provenance
from the collection of Lou MacEachern, Calgary; proceeds will be generously donated to the Estate of Lou MacEachern Fund, a permanent endowment fund at the Calgary Foundation for the benefit of Junior Achievement Southern Alberta
Biographical Information
Cornelius Krieghoff ~ [1815-1872] Canadian
see Cornelius Krieghoff, Pioneer Painter Of North America, by Marius Barbeau, MacMillan Comp, 1934; Krieghoff, J. Russell Harper, UofT, 1979; Krieghoff, Images of Canada, by D.Reid, AG.O., 1999; Krieghoff, by J.R.Harper, Prospero Books, 1999; N.G.C. Vol.2, G-K, ed.P.Landry, pg.384; A.G.O., by the A.G.O. pg.232; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., pg. 228 and M.M.F.A., pg.208 by E.McMann; biography in E.P.E.C., by R.Harper, pg.184 and C.MacDonald, Vol.3,pg.679; Robson, pg.19; Colgate, pg.8; Benezit, Tome 6, pg.316; Cloverdale Collection of Canadiana, Public Archives, pg.70