Artist Justin James McCartney [Jimmy] Simpson
Title Head of Brazeau River - Columbia Ice Fields
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1970
Size 7.25 x 9.75 in. / 18.4 x 24.8 cm.
Frame Size 18.5 x 21 x 1.5 in.
Sold $325
Estimate $300 - $400
Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title on label verso; framed
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Biographical Information
Justin James McCartney [Jimmy] Simpson ~ [1877-1972] Canadian
exhibition list in Jubilee Exhibition of Alberta Paintings, pg.28, Calgary Allied Art Centre, 1955; see A Hiker's Guide to Art of the Canadian Rockies, by L. Christensen, pg.54, Glenbow Museum, 1996 and Diamond Hitch: the early outfitters and guides of Banff and Jasper, by E.J.Hart, pg. 118-123, Summerthought, 1979 for biographical information on this artist; included in Alberta Society of Artists, the First Seventy Five Years, by K.Zimon, pg.60, UofC Press