Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Cloudy Ridge Ranch - Alberta
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 2003
Size 13.75 x 21.25 in. / 34.9 x 54 cm.

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

Reference
recollections from the owners of Cloudy Ridge Ranch attached verso stating 'One of our followers shared this painting from an art auction. Doris McCarthy stayed with us for awhile in 2003. All of her works are amazing, but this one is particularly applicable right now. The whole mountain side burned in September and won't look like this again in our lifetime. Doris was quite the character even at 92. After her afternoon painting session [during which she often fell asleep in her chair] she would come back inside and set up a game of scrabble. She played against herself, and had a different glass of scotch at each seat [scotch neat, scotch on the rocks, scotch and water, etc.]. She would get up and move to the next seat as the turns went and even though we offered her our spinning Scrabble board, she shunned it for the traditional upside-down play. We are so fortunate to have had such a talented artist immortalize our home in art. As I'm sitting here writing this at the top of the sa...

Provenance
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$3,000-$5,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Dinosaur Park
Media watercolour and graphite on paper
Dated 1994
Size 14 x 21.5 in. / 35.6 x 54.6 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title and date on gallery label verso; framed with archival mat; minor handling marks on frame noted

Provenance
Scott Gallery, Edmonton, stamp verso; Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, label verso; corporate collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$2,000-$3,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Renews Nfld.
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1984
Size 8.5 x 11.5 in. / 21.6 x 29.2 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title and artist's number '840315' on gallery label verso; framed with archival mat

Provenance
Wynick/Tuck, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Untitled - Coastal Rocks
Media watercolour on paper
Size 8.25 x 11.25 in. / 21 x 28.6 cm.

Notes
signed lower left and lower right; laid down on paper board; framed with archival mat

Provenance
from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Late Light, Broughton Island
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1984
Size 21.5 x 29 in. / 54.6 x 73.7 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title and artist's number '840310' on gallery label verso; framed with archival mat

Provenance
Aggregation Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Small Boats at Ferryland
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1983
Size 14.5 x 21.25 in. / 36.8 x 54 cm.

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

Provenance
Aggregation Gallery, Toronto, label verso; from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$2,000-$3,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title The Church at Sarteano
Media oil on wood board
Dated 2000
Size 12 x 15.5 in. / 30.5 x 39.4 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; titled and artist's number '000415' verso; framed

Provenance
Wynick/Tuck, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,500

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Medicine Lake, April 13. 1979
Media acrylic on wood board
Dated 1979
Size 12 x 15.75 in. / 30.5 x 40 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; inscribed '790413' verso; bears title on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Agassiz Galleries, Winnipeg, label verso; private collection, St. Albert
Estimate CAD$3,000-$5,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Remains of the Fire [Near Radium]
Media watercolour on paper
Size 20.75 x 29 in. / 52.7 x 73.7 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title on backing; framed with archival mat and plexiglass

Provenance
private collection, St. Albert
Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,500

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Dream of Jasper
Media watercolour on paper
Size 13.75 x 20.75 in. / 34.9 x 52.7 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title on backing and on label attached to frame; framed with archival mat and plexiglass

Provenance
private collection, St. Albert
Estimate CAD$2,000-$3,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title The Gully at Moab, Utah
Media oil on canvas
Dated 2001
Size 24 x 30 in. / 61 x 76.2 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; inscribed '010702' verso; bears title and date on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, St. Albert
Estimate CAD$6,000-$8,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Pyramid Mountain
Media oil on wood board
Dated 2001
Size 12 x 16 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; inscribed '010506B' verso; bears title and date on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, St. Albert
Estimate CAD$3,000-$5,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title North in the Fjord from Mount Duval
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1989
Size 21.5 x 28.75 in. / 54.6 x 73 cm.

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

Provenance
private collection, St. Albert; Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,500

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Jasper - Banff Highway
Media oil on wood board
Dated 1977
Size 12 x 16 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; artist's number '770630B' verso; titled on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$5,000-$7,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Untitled - Arctic Settlement
Media oil on wood board
Dated 1979
Size 12 x 16 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; artist's number '790608C' verso; framed

Provenance
private collection, Victoria
Estimate CAD$2,000-$3,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Untitled - Grand Alpine Vista
Media oil on canvas
Dated 2000
Size 48 x 60 in. / 121.9 x 152.4 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; artist's number '200112' verso; framed

Provenance
private collection, Edmonton/British Columbia
Estimate CAD$20,000-$30,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Three Houses at Broughton Island
Media oil on wood board
Dated 1979
Size 11.75 x 15.75 in. / 29.8 x 40 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; artist's number '790608' verso; framed

Provenance
Aggregation Gallery, Toronto and Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, labels verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$2,000-$3,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Spring Snow Cape Dorset
Media oil on canvas
Dated 1986
Size 36 x 48 in. / 91.4 x 121.9 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title and date on gallery label verso; framed; minor handling marks noted

Provenance
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$12,000-$15,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Iceberg Fantasy #17/34
Media colour lithograph on paper
Dated 1991
Size 20.5 x 29 in. / 52.1 x 73.7 cm.

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

Provenance
private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$600-$900

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Ice Floes #1/32
Media colour lithograph on paper
Dated 1991
Size 14.5 x 21 in. / 36.8 x 53.3 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat and plexiglass; minor crease in margin lower left

Provenance
private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$600-$900

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Holman Island, Western Arctic
Media oil on canvas
Dated 1977
Size 24 x 30 in. / 61 x 76.2 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; inscribed '770808' verso; bears title on artist's label and gallery labels verso; framed; small cracks in centre noted

Provenance
Wynick Tuck Gallery and Aggregation Gallery, Toronto, labels verso; private collection, Montreal
Estimate CAD$15,000-$20,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Untitled - Northern Sunset
Media oil on wood board
Dated 1932
Size 8.5 x 10.5 in. / 21.6 x 26.7 cm.

Notes
artist's number '320710' verso; framed; partial sketch verso; bears partial inscription from another hand lower centre

Provenance
The Art Emporium, Vancouver, label verso
Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,500

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Untitled - Trees in the Wind
Media relief print on paper
Size 4.25 x 3 x 1 in. / 10.8 x 7.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Winnipeg
Estimate CAD$250-$300

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title High Arctic Instance #10/20
Media embossed aquatint on paper
Dated ca.  1968
Size 16.5 x 12.75 x 1 in. / 41.9 x 32.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; bears date on gallery label verso; framed with archival mat

Provenance
Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, label verso
Estimate CAD$600-$700

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Little Mountains, Badlands
Media oil on wood board
Dated 1982
Size 11.75 x 15.75 x 1 in. / 29.8 x 40 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
inscription and artist's catalogue number '82041AB' verso; bears title on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Aggregation Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Polly's Puddle
Media oil on wood board
Dated 2002
Size 12 x 16 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; titled and inscribed '020801' verso; bears date on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Thunder Bay
Estimate CAD$4,500-$5,500

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Untitled - Summer in Gaspe
Media watercolour on paper
Size 20.75 x 24.5 x 1 in. / 52.7 x 62.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; artist's stamp and inscription '130716' verso; framed with archival mat

Provenance
proceeds to the Victoria Symphony Orchestra
Estimate CAD$4,000-$6,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Rocks on the Pancake [Georgian Bay]
Media oil on canvas board
Dated 1997
Size 12 x 16 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; artist's number '970921' verso; bears title on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Wynick / Tuck Gallery, Toronto and Winchester Galleries, Victoria, labels verso
Estimate CAD$5,500-$6,500

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Sanctuary Lake
Media oil on wood board
Dated 1963
Size 11.75 x 15.75 x 1 in. / 29.8 x 40 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
artist's number '630413' verso; titled and dated in a letter from the artist regarding the painting; letter plus various biographies included with lot

Provenance
Pegasus Gallery of Canadian Art, Salt Spring Island, label verso
Estimate CAD$5,000-$7,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Untitled - Broughton Island
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1981
Size 8.5 x 11.25 x 1 in. / 21.6 x 28.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; artist's catalogue number '810626C' verso; framed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Above the Penny Ice Cap
Media oil on canvas
Dated 1981
Size 30 x 35.75 x 1 in. / 76.2 x 90.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; artist's number '810816' verso; bears title on gallery label attached verso; framed

Provenance
Aggregation Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$15,000-$20,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Moberley's Cabin Near Jasper
Media oil on wood board
Dated 1979
Size 12 x 15.75 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 40 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; artist's catalogue number '790411B' verso; framed

Provenance
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto and Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary labels verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$3,500-$4,500

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Petite Riviere, 1933
Media oil on wood board
Dated 1933
Size 10.5 x 13.25 x 1 in. / 26.7 x 33.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; unfinished sketch verso; surface dirt noted

Reference
lot includes letter from the artist regarding date and other information

Provenance
private collection, Vancouver Island
Estimate CAD$5,000-$6,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Mountains North of Climber's Rock
Media oil on wood board
Dated 1990
Size 12 x 15.75 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 40 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; titled and artist's number '900504B' verso

Reference
the artist travelled to Jasper in May and then opened an exhibition of her work at the Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, May 12; this is also the year A Fool in Paradise, an Artist's Early Life, by D.McCarthy, Macfarlane Walter and Ross was released

Provenance
Jasper Originals, Jasper, label verso; private collection, Alberta
Estimate CAD$3,500-$4,500

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title King William and the Tourists, Brixham, Devon, England
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1962
Size 29.5 x 21.5 x 1 in. / 74.9 x 54.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; artist's number '620528' upper margin; bears title on backing; some tape stains in margins

Reference
the artist was able to take a sabbatical and travelled to around the world starting in 1961 in Japan; by December she was in Egypt and then in the new year onto Rome and by the summer was in England; see Celebrating Life, the Art of Doris McCarthy pg.107 for other examples from this trip

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Rock Puddle below the Pine, Baie Fine
Media oil on wood board
Dated 1935
Size 11.5 x 13.5 x 1 in. / 29.2 x 34.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; titled and artist's number '350810' verso; some surface dirt noted

Reference
in the summer of 1935 the artist directed C.G.I.T. camp and travelled with her mother through Sudbury, North Bay and Baie Fine, before leaving in September for post-graduate studies in London, UK

Provenance
gift from the artist and by descent to a private collection, Ontario
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Untitled - Boats on the Beach
Media oil on canvas
Size 24 x 27 x 1 in. / 61 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left

Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Early Spring Broughton Island, NWT
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1981
Size 15 x 22 x 1 in. / 38.1 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; titled and artist's number '810626B' verso; archival mat

Provenance
Kensington Downtown Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, label verso; corporate collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Untitled - Churchyard Scene
Media watercolour on paper
Size 8.25 x 11.75 x 1 in. / 21 x 29.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; archival mat

Provenance
Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Village Under the Hill, Broughton
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1981
Size 14.5 x 21.5 x 1 in. / 36.8 x 54.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; archival mat; Denglas

Provenance
Aggregation, Gallery, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title King William and the Tourists, Brixham, Devon, England
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1962
Size 31.75 x 22 x 1 in. / 80.6 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; artist's number '620528' upper margin below mat; bears title on backing; some tape stains in margins

Provenance
Gutenberg Gallery, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$800-$1,000

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Puddle in the Rocks, Cape Dorset
Media oil on board
Dated 1973
Size 12 x 15.75 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 40 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; artist's number '730614' verso

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Ice Flows at Povunirtung Instance #5/20
Media relief and embossed print on paper
Size 15 x 17.5 x 1 in. / 38.1 x 44.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; some acid stains; unframed

Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Village of Conche, Newfoundland
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1977
Size 23.5 x 32.25 x 1 in. / 59.7 x 81.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; artist's number 770313 verso

Provenance
Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000