Artist Florence Gertrude Vale
Title Untitled - A Little Birdy Told Me
Media watercolour and ink on paper
Dated
1979
Size 6.75 x 6.5 in. / 17.1 x 16.5 cm.
Frame Size 15.25 x 15.25 x 1 in.
Estimate $500 - $700
Notes
LOT OF TWO; signed and inscribed 'D/26' along bottom; framed with special glass; some yellowing in margins noted
Reference
Florence Vale Selected Drawings & Verse published by Aya Press, 1979; book included with lot
Provenance
Pegasus Gallery of Canadian Art, Salt Spring Island, label verso; private collection, British Columbia
Biographical Information
Florence Gertrude Vale ~ [1909-2003] Canadian
see The Art of Florence Vale, by J.Murray, Art Gallery of Peel, 2010; Memories, Dreams and Reflections: The Work of Florence Vale, by N.Luckyj, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1980; biography at Dict. of Canadian Artists, by A.Newlands and J.Parker, Vol.9, online only; 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; wife of Albert Franck and co-owner of Franck Gallery, Toronto in the early 1950's