Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Moonlight Junction
Media watercolour on paper
Size 14.5 x 10.25 in. / 36.8 x 26 cm.

Notes
signed and titled along bottom; framed

Provenance
The Collectors' Gallery of Art, Calgary, label verso; from the estate of Henry Beaumont, Calgary
Estimate CAD$500-$700

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title English Forest at Dusk
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1899
Size 17.75 x 28 in. / 45.1 x 71.1 cm.

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

Provenance
The Collectors' Gallery of Art, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$800-$900

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Nanaimo, B.C.
Media watercolour on paper
Size 9.25 x 14.25 in. / 23.5 x 36.2 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title on gallery label verso; framed with archival mat

Provenance
Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$500-$700

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Home in a Haze Sky in the Mountains
Media watercolour on paper
Size 10.75 x 15.75 in. / 27.3 x 40 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; bears title on backing; framed; some chips and handling marks on frame noted

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title A Misty Morning at Banff, Alberta
Media watercolour on paper
Size 14.5 x 19.5 in. / 36.8 x 49.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; titled on backing; framed

Provenance
The Collectors' Gallery of Art, Calgary, label verso; from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$600-$800

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - Stream in the Rockies
Media watercolour on paper
Size 18.5 x 13 in. / 47 x 33 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; framed

Provenance
The Collectors' Gallery of Art, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title An Irish Fall
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1914
Size 14.25 x 9.25 in. / 36.2 x 23.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; titled verso; framed; some repairs to frame noted

Provenance
The Collectors' Gallery of Art, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$400-$500

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - Mist in the High Alpines
Media watercolour on paper
Size 13.25 x 21.75 in. / 33.7 x 55.2 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed with archival mat

Provenance
from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Summer Landscape
Media watercolour on paper
Size 12.5 x 20 in. / 31.8 x 50.8 cm.

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

Provenance
Kaspar Gallery, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$800-$900

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - Above Laggan, B.C.
Media watercolour on paper
Size 17.5 x 14.25 in. / 44.4 x 36.2 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; framed with archival mat

Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - The Mountain Pass
Media watercolour on paper
Size 23.25 x 19.5 x 1 in. / 59.1 x 49.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,500

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - Forest Undergrowth
Media watercolour on paper
Size 11.5 x 7.75 x 1 in. / 29.2 x 19.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed; glued to backing around edges

Provenance
private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Sunset on the Pacific Coast
Media watercolour on paper
Size 6.25 x 10.75 x 1 in. / 15.9 x 27.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; titled on backing; framed

Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$600-$700

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Home in a Hazy Sky in the Mountains
Media watercolour on paper
Size 10.75 x 16 x 1 in. / 27.3 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; bears title on backing; framed

Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$500-$700

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - Mountain Landscape with Black Bear
Media watercolour on paper
Size 19.25 x 29.25 x 1 in. / 48.9 x 74.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right

Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - Summer Day in the Rockies
Media watercolour on paper
Size 29.25 x 19.25 x 1 in. / 74.3 x 48.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left

Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - Cows Grazing at Sundown
Media watercolour on paper
Size 13.25 x 21.75 x 1 in. / 33.7 x 55.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; archival mat

Provenance
Thielsen Galleries, London, label verso
Estimate CAD$1,800-$2,200

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Fraser Canyon Below North Bend
Media oil on canvas
Dated 1892
Size 30.5 x 20.25 x 1 in. / 77.5 x 51.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right

Reference
according to Lorne Render, this painting would have been done after the artist's second trip to the west in 1889 [see The Mountains and the Sky pg.71] the number of canvases by the artist in the marketplace is small and he exhibited very few in number with either the RCAA or MMFA

Provenance
private collection, Port Hope
Estimate CAD$10,000-$12,000

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - Stormy Seas on the East Coast
Media watercolour on paper
Size 12.25 x 23.5 x 1 in. / 31.1 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; archival mat

Estimate CAD$800-$1,000

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - Sheep at Rest
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1904
Size 20 x 29.75 x 1 in. / 50.8 x 75.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right

Estimate CAD$1,600-$1,800

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - A View of Warwickshire
Media watercolour on paper
Size 4.75 x 8 x 1 in. / 12.1 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right

Provenance
Petley-Jones Gallery, Vancouver, label verso
Estimate CAD$400-$500

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Riding in the Rockies
Media watercolour on paper
Size 29.5 x 19.25 x 1 in. / 74.9 x 48.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with initials lower right; bears title on plaque

Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,000

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - Forest Stream
Media watercolour on paper
Size 9.5 x 14.75 x 1 in. / 24.1 x 37.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right

Provenance
Heritage Antiques Gallery, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$600-$800

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - Orchard with Village in the Distance
Media watercolour on paper
Size 5 x 9 x 1 in. / 12.7 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; archival mat

Provenance
Canadian Fine Arts, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$500-$700

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title At Revelstoke, 1889
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1889
Size 7.5 x 10 x 1 in. / 19 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated verso; paper creased lower right

Reference
this would date from the artist's first trip to the Rocky Mountains, four years after the CPR had completed the railway across Canada

Provenance
private collection, Montreal
Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Spuzzum Bridge
Media watercolour on paper
Size 9.5 x 7.5 x 1 in. / 24.1 x 19 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; titled and inscribed '58 Spuzzum Bridge' verso

Reference
the artist first exhibited a painting titled 'Spuzzum Creek on the Fraser River' with the R.C.A. in 1893

Estimate CAD$500-$700

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - High Alpine Pass with Train in Distance
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1904
Size 19 x 14.25 x 1 in. / 48.3 x 36.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower left

Provenance
MacKenzie & Co. Fine Pictures, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - Three Masted Ship in Iceberg Alley
Media watercolour on paper
Size 4.5 x 11.5 x 1 in. / 11.4 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; laid down on paper board

Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - Flowers by the Pond
Media watercolour on paper
Size 7.5 x 10.5 x 1 in. / 19 x 26.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; tipped on around edges; small tear along bottom

Provenance
private collection, Montreal
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - Forest Undergrowth
Media watercolour on paper
Size 11.75 x 8 x 1 in. / 29.8 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; tipped on around edges

Provenance
private collection, Montreal
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Nanaimo
Media watercolour on paper
Size 9.75 x 15 x 1 in. / 24.8 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title verso

Provenance
private collection, Victoria
Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - Sailing Boat in a Sunset
Media watercolour on paper
Size 10 x 26.5 x 1 in. / 25.4 x 67.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left

Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - High Alpine Stream
Media watercolour on paper
Size 24 x 15 x 1 in. / 61 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; archival mat

Reference
according to The Mountains and the Sky, by L.Render, pg.71 the artist made two trips to the west, in 1887 and 1897; the story is told '... of the artist riding the cow-catcher of the engine through the rugged country in order to make sketches.'

Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title The Clouded Plains
Media watercolour on paper
Size 13.25 x 19.25 x 1 in. / 33.7 x 48.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; bears title on backing; laid down on paperboard

Provenance
Little Gallery, Winnipeg, label verso
Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - Waterfall with People in Background
Media watercolour on paper
Size 14.5 x 21 x 1 in. / 36.8 x 53.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and indistinctly inscribed lower right

Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Marmaduke Matthews
Title Untitled - Albert Canyon Near Glacier B.C.
Media watercolour on paper
Size 20 x 15 x 1 in. / 50.8 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; laid down on mat board

Reference
exhibition label Exquisite Passage, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, re-opening exhibition, June, 1993; there are two watercolours by F.M. Bell-Smith of the same subject, one in the London Art Art Gallery dated, 1888 and the other in the Art Gallery of Ontario [ca.1888]; see Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith 1846-1923, by R.Boulet, pg.38 and 66

Provenance
Kaspar Gallery, Toronto and Masters Gallery, Calgary labels verso
Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,500