Artist Arthur Lismer
Title Untitled - Portrait of a Woman
Media charcoal on paper
Size 24 x 9 in. / 61 x 22.9 cm.
Frame Size 29 x 13.5 x 0.75 in.
Estimate $800 - $1,000
Notes
signed lower left; bears inscription 'a class-demonstration sketch in charcoal by Dr. Arthur Lismer, Dean of Art Education, at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and a member of the original Group of Seven.. graciously signed by the artist at the request of Don Titman' on label verso; framed; some crumples in paper noted
Provenance
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]