Artist Augustus Frederick Lafosse Kenderdine
Title The Lost Trail
Media oil on wood board
Size 13.5 x 9.5 in. / 34.3 x 24.1 cm.
Frame Size 16.75 x 12.5 x 1.75 in.
Sold $3,750
Estimate $2,000 - $4,000
Notes
signed lower left; signed and titled on torn backing; framed; handling marks on frame noted
Reference
lot includes signed Christmas card from the artist, 1944
Provenance
private collection, Edmonton
Biographical Information
Augustus Frederick Lafosse Kenderdine ~ [1870-1947] Canadian
see Gus Kenderdine 1870-1947, Pioneer, by J.Climer, Mendel Art Gallery; Augustus Kenderdine, by M.Spain, Glenbow Museum, 1986; Augustus Kenderdine 1870-1947, by Keith Bell, Kenderdine Gallery, 1991; author of To the Youth of Saskatchewan, Dept. of Education Saskatchewan, 1948; the Emma Lake workshop is held on land given by Kenderdine; N.G.C. Vol.2, G-K, ed.C.Hill, pg.364; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.3 pg.623; Biographical Dict. of Saskatchewan Artists - Men, by M.Newman, pg.133, Fifth House Pub., 1994