Artist Marion Florence Nicoll
Title Untitled - Yellow and Red Abstract
Media oil on canvas
Size 36 x 20 in. / 91.4 x 50.8 cm.
Frame Size 37.75 x 21.75 x 1.25 in.

Notes
signed lower right; two small chips noted along bottom; framed

Reference
for numerous examples of other canvases see Marion Nicoll: Art and Influences, Glenbow Museum, 1986 and Marion Nicoll: Silence and Alchemy, Davis, A. and Herbert E., University of Calgary Press, 2013; 'Painting variations on Alberta's landscape and character, she abstracted the mountains, winter mornings, and Bowness Road, where she lived, exposing the skeleton beneath Alberta's physical beauty. Her strongest work was marked by abstraction, line, colour and form - and not least by her powerful determination.' quote by Aritha van Herk, excerpted from introduction on pg vii of Marion Nicoll: Silence and Alchemy

Provenance
from a corporate collection, Calgary; purchased at Levis Auction 1997/11/03; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$15,000-$25,000

Artist Marion Florence Nicoll
Title Totem
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1950
Size 18.25 x 11 in. / 46.4 x 27.9 cm.
Frame Size 25.75 x 18.5 x 1 in.

Notes
signed, titled and dated lower left; framed with archival mat

Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,500

Artist Marion Florence Nicoll
Title Untitled - 5th Street, 1945
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1945
Size 9.75 x 13.5 in. / 24.8 x 34.3 cm.
Frame Size 18.25 x 22 x 1 in.

Notes
signed and dated lower left; framed with archival mat

Provenance
Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$800-$1,000

Artist Marion Florence Nicoll
Title Untitled - Portrait of a Seated Woman
Media graphite on paper
Dated 1958
Size 11 x 8.5 in. / 27.9 x 21.6 cm.
Frame Size 19.25 x 16 x 1.5 in.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; estate stamp from Masters Gallery, 1977 verso; graphite sketch verso; framed with archival mat and special glass

Estimate CAD$500-$700