Artist Henrietta Mabel May
Title Knowlton
Media oil on wood panel
Size 6 x 8.5 in. / 15.2 x 21.6 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; titled on gallery label verso; sketch of landscape verso; framed

Reference
this painting dates from an early time period when she was working with the Beaver Hall group in Montreal

Provenance
Dominion Gallery, label verso; private collection, Montreal; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$3,000-$5,000

Artist Henrietta Mabel May
Title Ann
Media oil on canvas board
Size 15.75 x 12 x 1 in. / 40 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; titled on label verso; framed

Reference
note verso states this portrait is of the artist's niece B.[Barbara] Ann Scott

Estimate CAD$4,500-$5,500

Artist Henrietta Mabel May
Title Untitled - Inside a Quebec Church
Media oil on wood panel
Size 8.5 x 6 x 1 in. / 21.6 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
unsigned; sketch of old house verso; framed

Reference
the artist moved from Montreal to Vancouver in 1949 and through a mutual church met the consignor's family; when she gave the three paintings as gifts, she remarked they had been done in Quebec long before heading west; letter of authenticity included with lot

Provenance
gift from the artist
Estimate CAD$3,000-$3,500

Artist Henrietta Mabel May
Title Untitled - Quebec Stream
Media oil on wood panel
Size 6.25 x 8.75 x 1 in. / 15.9 x 22.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
unsigned; repaired crack along top; framed

Reference
see lot 504; letter of authenticity included with lot

Provenance
gift from the artist
Estimate CAD$1,000-$1,200

Artist Henrietta Mabel May
Title Untitled - Quebec Sunset
Media oil on wood panel
Size 6 x 8.5 x 1 in. / 15.2 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
unsigned; framed

Reference
see lot 504; letter of authenticity included with lot

Provenance
gift from the artist
Estimate CAD$1,000-$1,200

Artist Henrietta Mabel May
Title Untitled - In the Garden / Arranging Flowers
Media oil on canvas
Dated 1942
Size 27 x 22 x 1 in. / 68.6 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; indistinctly titled 'In the ...' on stretcher verso; another title on label verso

Reference
in 1943, the artist exhibited 'In the Garden' with the M.M.F.A., cat.#133

Provenance
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, label verso
Estimate CAD$4,000-$5,000

Artist Henrietta Mabel May
Title Untitled - Calla Lilies
Media gouache on paper
Size 24 x 17.75 x 1 in. / 61 x 45.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; signed and inscribed '$45.00' on backing; very minor tear lower right and on right margin

Provenance
Galerie Dominion, Montreal, stamp verso
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500

Artist Henrietta Mabel May
Title Geraniums on a Window Sill
Media oil on paper board
Size 22 x 16.25 x 1 in. / 55.9 x 41.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed right; sketch verso

Provenance
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, label verso
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Henrietta Mabel May
Title Knowlton
Media oil on panel
Size 6.25 x 8.5 x 1 in. / 15.9 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; sketch of landscape verso

Reference
this painting dates from an early time period when she was working with the Beaver Hall group in Montreal

Provenance
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, label verso; private collection, Montreal
Estimate CAD$2,000-$3,000

Artist Henrietta Mabel May
Title Untitled - The Artist and Her Models
Media oil on paper board
Size 10 x 14.5 x 1 in. / 25.4 x 36.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right

Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist Henrietta Mabel May
Title Lower St. Lawrence River
Media oil on panel
Size 10 x 14 x 1 in. / 25.4 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; another painting verso; title on label verso

Provenance
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, label verso
Estimate CAD$3,500-$4,000

Artist Henrietta Mabel May
Title Untitled - Still Life with Roses
Media oil on paper board
Size 19.75 x 16 x 1 in. / 50.2 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right

Provenance
acquired from the family of the artist
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500

Artist Henrietta Mabel May
Title Untitled - The White House
Media oil on paper board
Size 16 x 19.75 x 1 in. / 40.6 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
sketch verso

Reference
work included in Canadian Impressionism, by P.Duval, pg.104, McClelland & Stewart, 1990

Provenance
ex-collection Burnaby Art Gallery Permanent Collection, Burnaby, B.C.
Estimate CAD$1,500-$1,750