Artist Cornelius Krieghoff
Title Canadians Preparing for Town
Media oil on canvas
Size 13 x 18 in. / 33 x 45.7 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title on gallery labels verso; framed; canvas relined

Reference
'Immediately upon his arrival in Quebec City, Krieghoff began a series of canvases depicting habitant houses ...' page 79 Krieghoff by Russell Harper; see another example of what is likely the same house page 87 titled First Snow in Krieghoff by Russell Harper, published by Prospero Books, 1999

Provenance
G. Blair Laing, Toronto and Masters Gallery, Calgary labels verso; from the Estate of Dr. Joan Snyder, a prominent Calgary philanthropist; proceeds from this work will help fulfill Joan's wishes to support the University of Calgary. To read more about Dr. Joan Snyder, visit the University of Calgary's Memoriam
Estimate CAD$50,000-$70,000

Artist Cornelius Krieghoff
Title Hunter in a Blizzard
Media oil on canvas
Size 11 x 9 in. / 27.9 x 22.9 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title on gallery label verso; framed; canvas relined

Reference
'Certain subjects, such as the Native hunter on Snowshoes, he produced very frequently, sometimes in virtually identical versions ...', page 82 Krieghoff: Images of Canada by Dennis Reid, published by Douglas and McIntyre and the AGO, 1999; see also the same hunter [possibly before the blizzard hit] illustrated on page 97 titled Hunter Restin Gun on Snowshoe circa 1860, from the Thomson Collection

Provenance
Spiller Gallery, London, label verso; ex-collection Blair Laing, Toronto and Ken Thomson, Toronto; Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso; from the Estate of Dr. Joan Snyder, a prominent Calgary philanthropist; proceeds from this work will help fulfill Joan's wishes to support the University of Calgary. To read more about Dr. Joan Snyder, visit the University of Calgary's Memoriam
Estimate CAD$10,000-$15,000

Artist Cornelius Krieghoff
Title Caughnawaga Mother and Child
Media oil on canvas
Dated ca.  1849
Size 12.75 x 9.5 in. / 32.4 x 24.1 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; bears title and dated on plaque attached; framed; canvas relined

Reference
see another example of this subject illustrated in Krieghoff: Images of Canada on page 26, titled Caughnawaga Woman and Naby circa 1849 from the Thomson Collection

Provenance
Johnson Art Galleries, Montreal, Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal and Masters Gallery, Calgary, labels verso; ex-collection, Ken Thomson; from the Estate of Dr. Joan Snyder, a prominent Calgary philanthropist; proceeds from this work will help fulfill Joan's wishes to support the University of Calgary. To read more about Dr. Joan Snyder, visit the University of Calgary's Memoriam
Estimate CAD$10,000-$15,000

Artist Cornelius Krieghoff
Title Hunter, Two Squaws and Papoose
Media lithograph on paper
Size 5.5 x 8.75 x 1 in. / 14 x 22.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
bears name lower right; bears title on photocopied page from reference catalogue attached verso; special glass; framed with archival mat

Reference
illustrated in Scenes in Canada: C. Krieghoff Lithograph Drawings after his Paintings of Canadian Scenery, 1848-1862, McCord Museum, McGill University, pg.9

Provenance
Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, label verso
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Cornelius Krieghoff
Title Untitled - Niagara Falls in Winter
Media oil on canvas
Size 25.25 x 20 x 1 in. / 64.1 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; repair noted and canvas relined

Estimate CAD$20,000-$25,000