Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Yellow Loosestrife in Polly's Puddle
Media oil on wood board
Dated
1996
Size 11.75 x 15.75 in. / 29.8 x 40 cm.
Frame Size 16 x 19.75 x 1.25 in.
Sold $1,600
Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
Notes
signed lower right; titled and dated verso; framed; some cracking noted
Provenance
Wynick Tuck, Gallery, Toronto, label verso
Biographical Information
Doris Jean McCarthy ~ [1910-2010] Canadian CSPWC, OSA, RCA
see Doris McCarthy Feast of Incarnation Paintings 1929-1989, by W.Moore, the Gallery/Stratford, 1991; Celebrating Life, the Art of Doris McCarthy, by W.Moore, McMichael Collection, 1999; biography and other examples in A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.264; MacDonald,Vol.4, pg. 952; Westbridge,Vol.3, pg.21; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., pg.249 and M.M.F.A., pg.234 by E.McMann; A Fool in Paradise, 1990 and The Good Wine, by D.McCarthy, MacFarlane Walter and Ross, 1991 for autobiography; McCarthy was the first woman President of the Ontario Society of Artists and has received many awards and honours; see the website at www.dorismccarthy.com; 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