Artist Anna Gertrude Lawson [Nan] Cheney
Title Trail B.C.
Media oil on wood panel
Dated 1930
Size 14 x 16 in. / 35.6 x 40.6 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower left; titled verso; label verso states 'Important: General Publicity Dept. C.P.R. Montreal, must be advised if this picture is moved to another location or is no longer required. No. 280'; framed

Reference
possibly Consolidated Smelters, Trail, B.C. included in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Spring Exhibition in 1931; in 1936 Nan Cheney taught at the Banff School of Fine Arts

Provenance
corporate collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,500

Artist Anna Gertrude Lawson [Nan] Cheney
Title Miss Helen Chalmers
Media charcoal on paper
Dated 1939
Size 18.75 x 15 x 1 in. / 47.6 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and dated lower right; archival mat

Reference
Vancouver Art Gallery Annual B. C. Artist's Exhibition label verso

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Anna Gertrude Lawson [Nan] Cheney
Title Steveston B.C. 1939 - Mending Nets
Media oil on canvas board
Dated 1939
Size 12 x 13.5 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 34.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; titled verso; copy of Dear Nan, Letters of Emily Carr, Nan Cheney and Humphrey Toms, ed. D.Walker, included in lot

Reference
the artist, having moved to Vancouver in 1937, exhibited with the B.C.S.A. from 1938 to 1950

Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Anna Gertrude Lawson [Nan] Cheney
Title Calla Lilies
Media oil on canvas
Dated ca.  1939
Size 24 x 20 x 1 in. / 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; signed, titled and inscribed verso

Reference
according to Dear Nan, ed. by D.Walker, the artist lived on Connaught Dr. in Vancouver from 1938 to 1940; in 1938 she held an exhibition of 53 works at the Vancouver Art Gallery

Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist Anna Gertrude Lawson [Nan] Cheney
Title Drying Nets, B.C.
Media oil on canvas
Dated 1936
Size 26 x 28.25 x 1 in. / 66 x 71.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; signed, titled, dated and inscribed verso

Reference
in 1936 Nan Cheney taught at the Banff School of Fine Arts; the portrait of Emily Carr in the N.G.C. was done the following year, 1937

Provenance
ex-collection Burnaby Art Gallery Permanent Collection, Burnaby, B.C.
Estimate CAD$800-$1,000