Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Buffaloes
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1876
Size 11.5 x 20 in. / 29.2 x 50.8 cm.
Frame Size 24 x 32.5 x 2.25 in.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; framed with special glass; small tear [1.5 in] in paper lower right

Reference
'Prior to his trip west, the artist was making a living as a photographer but by 1874 because of the popularity of his work, Verner was able to call himself an artist in the city census', page 63 in The Last Buffalo: The Work of Frederick Arthur Verner, Painter of the Northwest by Joan Murray, published by Pagurian Press, 1984

Provenance
ex-collection Dr. Joan Snyder; from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$6,000-$8,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Heather Scene
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1917
Size 9.5 x 13.25 in. / 24.1 x 33.7 cm.
Frame Size 16.25 x 20.25 x 1 in.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title on letter attached verso; framed with archival mat; some handling marks noted on frame

Provenance
ex-collection of Mrs. W. Schroeder, Victoria [the artist's grand-neice]; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$600-$800