Artist Marc-Aurele Fortin
Title Untitled - Cottage in the Trees
Media watercolour and graphite on paper
Size 13 x 16.5 in. / 33 x 41.9 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed

Estimate CAD$3,000-$5,000

Artist Marc-Aurele Fortin
Title The Sandpile, Harbour Scene, Montreal [Le Pont Jacques Cartier en Construction]
Media oil on canvas
Dated ca.  1927
Size 25.5 x 35.5 in. / 64.8 x 90.2 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; bears title on exhibition label verso; bears alternative title 'Pont en Construction' on plaque attached to frame; dated on copy of letter included with lot; some cracking and restoration noted; recently cleaned

Reference
Art Association of Montreal, 45th Spring Exhibition, 1928, exhibition label verso

Provenance
purchased by Jean-Pierre Bonneville from Mr. Albert Archambault on January 10, 1969; from an Edmonton estate and by descent
Estimate CAD$30,000-$50,000

Artist Marc-Aurele Fortin
Title La Mer en Furie
Media oil on canvas
Size 18.25 x 21.5 in. / 46.4 x 54.6 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed; canvas relined and some touch-up noted lower centre

Reference
illustrated on page 53 in Marc-Aurele Fortin en Gaspesie by Jean-Pierre Bonneville, published by Editions internationales Alain Stanke Ltee, 1980

Provenance
purchased from Sotheby's Important Canadian Art Auction, Lot #45 on December 3, 2009; Galerie Bernard Desroche label with different title verso
Estimate CAD$8,000-$12,000

Artist Marc-Aurele Fortin
Title Pont Jacques Cartier en Construction
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1929
Size 9.5 x 13.5 x 1 in. / 24.1 x 34.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title and date on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Gallery Moos, Toronto, label verso; from the estate of Dr. and Mrs. Horn
Estimate CAD$4,000-$5,000

Artist Marc-Aurele Fortin
Title Vieilles Maisons a St. Rose
Media oil on wood board
Size 4.25 x 11.75 x 1 in. / 10.8 x 29.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; framed; some surface dirt noted

Provenance
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, and Galerie L'Art Francais, Montreal, labels verso; from the estate of Dr. and Mrs. Horn
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Marc-Aurele Fortin
Title Untitled - Summer Landscape in Alberta [Jasper?]
Media watercolour on paper
Dated ca.  1920
Size 13.5 x 19 x 1 in. / 34.3 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower leftt; archival mat

Provenance
Galerie Jean-Pierre Valentin, Montreal, label verso
Estimate CAD$8,000-$10,000