Artist Arthur Lismer
Title Forest Cedars
Media ink on paper
Dated
1950 -'s
Size 15.5 x 12 in. / 39.4 x 30.5 cm.
Frame Size 27.25 x 22.5 x 1 in.
Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
Notes
signed, titled and dated 'July 20, 5[1?]' along bottom; framed with archival mat
Provenance
Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, label verso; from a Calgary estate
Biographical Information
Arthur Lismer ~ [1885-1969] Canadian CSPWC, OSA, RCA
see
Arthur Lismer Paintings 1913-1949, by S.Key, Art Gallery of Toronto, 1950;
September Gale, a Study of Arthur Lismer, by J.McLeish, Dent and Sons, 1955;
Bright Land - A Warm Look at Arthur Lismer, by L.Darroch, Merritt Pub., 1981;
Arthur Lismer Nova Scotia, 1916-1919, by G.Kelly, Dalhousie Art Gallery, 1983;
Canadian Jungle: the Later Works of Arthur Lismer, by D.Reid, A.G.O., 1985
biography and other examples in
A New Angle on Canadian Art, by I.Thom, McMichael Canadian Collection, 1985;
N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.172; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.244;
Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, by E.Benezit, Tome 6, pg.694;
The Group of Seven in Western Canada, by C.Mastin, pg.44
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]