Artist Charles Fraser Comfort
Title Rocky Prominence, Georgian Bay #11/30
Media lithograph on paper
Size 5.5 x 13.25 in. / 14 x 33.7 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Charles Fraser Comfort
Title At York Mills
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1926 -exh.
Size 6.75 x 10 in. / 17.1 x 25.4 cm.

Notes
unsigned; bears artist's name, title and date on label verso; framed

Reference
... Watercolour Exhibition, 1926, partial label verso

Provenance
Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Charles Fraser Comfort
Title Group of Barns
Media oil on wood panel
Dated 1929
Size 9.5 x 11.25 in. / 24.1 x 28.6 cm.

Notes
signed upper right; titled and dated on gallery labels verso; framed

Reference
Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, 1929, label verso

Provenance
Lang Galleries, Toronto, and Galerie D'Art Vincent, Ottawa, labels verso; private Calgary, collection
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500

Artist Charles Fraser Comfort
Title Untitled - White Flowers
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1957
Size 19.25 x 26 in. / 48.9 x 66 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; framed

Reference
very similar to one illustrated in 'For Frances and Murray: The Adaskin Art Collection', by Kathleen Nina, Maltwood Art Gallery, 1988

Provenance
from the family of Gordon Adaskin and by descent
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist Charles Fraser Comfort
Title Untitled - Self Portrait
Media photograph on paper
Dated 1921
Size 9.5 x 7 x 1 in. / 24.1 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated in plate along bottom; unframed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$500-$700

Artist Charles Fraser Comfort
Title December #12/30
Media colour lino block on paper
Dated ca.  1926
Size 8.25 x 7.25 x 1 in. / 21 x 18.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered along bottom; framed; some yellowing in margins noted

Reference
catalogue #52 in Images of the Land, Canadian Block Prints 1919-1945, by P. Ainslie

Estimate CAD$500-$700

Artist Charles Fraser Comfort
Title Nigel Peak, Banff Highway
Media oil on wood board
Dated 1975
Size 12 x 16 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; titled and dated on artist's label verso; framed

Reference
Artist at War, by Charles Comfort, Rembrance Books, 1995; book included with lot

Provenance
Winchester Galleries, Victoria, label verso
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Charles Fraser Comfort
Title Algonquin Lake [1947]
Media colour silkscreen on board
Size 29.5 x 39.5 x 1 in. / 74.9 x 100.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed in screen lower right; signed 'Supervised by A.J. Casson' lower right; title, artist's name and 'Issued by The National Gallery of Canada' printed along bottom; minor handling marks noted

Reference
label verso reads 'This Art Print is a facsimile of the artist's original, painted for this series... Pure oil colors have been used to give brilliance and lasting qualities...'

Provenance
Sampson-Matthews Ltd., Toronto, label verso; Proceeds to the Canadian Downs Syndrome Society
Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Charles Fraser Comfort
Title Untitled - Logging [1950]
Media colour silkscreen on board
Size 29.75 x 39.75 x 1 in. / 75.6 x 101 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed in screen lower right; signed 'Supervised by A.J. Casson' lower right; minor handling marks noted

Reference
label verso reads 'This Art Print is a facsimile of the artist's original, painted for this series... Pure oil colors have been used to give brilliance and lasting qualities...'

Provenance
Sampson-Matthews Ltd., Toronto, label verso; Proceeds to the Canadian Downs Syndrome Society
Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Charles Fraser Comfort
Title Trilliums
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1937
Size 17 x 24.25 x 1 in. / 43.2 x 61.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; archival mat

Reference
Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, 1938 label attached verso; exhibited and included in The Adaskin Art Collection, by K.Niwa, pg.33, Maltwood Art Museum; see clipping verso of Murray Adaskin's comments about his friend

Provenance
from a Victoria estate
Estimate CAD$1,800-$2,200

Artist Charles Fraser Comfort
Title Wolf Collar #14/20
Media colour lino block on paper
Dated ca.  1926
Size 8.5 x 7 x 1 in. / 21.6 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
titled in block lower right; signed and numbered along bottom; archival mat from and back

Reference
according to P.Ainslie in Images of the Land, the artist studied with W.J. Phillips in Winnipeg and did only a few prints of western images; another example in N.G.C. collection pg.208 purchased from the artist in 1927

Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Charles Fraser Comfort
Title Untitled - Self Portrait
Media black and white photograph on paper
Dated 1921
Size 9.5 x 7 x 1 in. / 24.1 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and inscribed lower right; some solarization; drymounted on paper; unframed

Provenance
private collection, B.C.
Estimate CAD$350-$450

Artist Charles Fraser Comfort
Title The Lone Traveller
Media silkscreen on paper
Size 3.5 x 4.5 x 1 in. / 8.9 x 11.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed in screen lower left; mounted on original card; Coutts Greet Card biography and framing instructions mounted on backing verso

Estimate CAD$150-$250