Artist Reta Madeline Cowley
Title Oct. 7 1983
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1983
Size 22 x 27.75 in. / 55.9 x 70.5 cm.
Frame Size 31.75 x 36.75 x 1.5 in.
Sold $750
Estimate $500 - $700
Notes
signed, titled and dated lower left; framed with archival mat
Provenance
corporate collection, Calgary
Biographical Information
Reta Madeline Cowley ~ [1910-2004] Canadian CSPWC
represented by art placement, Saskatoon
see Reta Summers Cowley, by T.Fenton, Mendel Art Gallery, 2006;
biography and other examples in
Biographical Dict. of Saskatchewan Artists - Women, by M.Newman, pg.29;
Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1, pg.150;
Saskatchewan: Art and Artists, by N.Dillow, pg.28, MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1971;
Watercolour Painting in Saskatchewan 1905-1980, by Robert D. Christie, Mendel Art Gallery, 1981;
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.75, Westbridge Pub., 1999;
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, ed. J.Heller, pg.138, Garland Pub., 1995
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