Artist Francis Douglas Motter
Title Sunwapta Pass
Media watercolour on paper
Size 10.25 x 13.5 in. / 26 x 34.3 cm.

Notes
ESTIMATED RETAIL VALUE $500 - signed lower left; titled verso; graphite sketch verso; framed with archival mat

Reference
PLEASE NOTE: This lot was sold in an online benefit auction where all proceeds went to the Whyte Museum in Banff, Alberta and there was no Buyer's Premium.

Provenance
Generously donated by Hope Smith, Calgary
Estimate CAD$250-$500

Artist Francis Douglas Motter
Title Untitled - Spring Bouquet
Media watercolour on paper
Size 20 x 25.25 in. / 50.8 x 64.1 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed

Provenance
purchased directly from the artist; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Francis Douglas Motter
Title Patmos the Square
Media watercolour on paper
Size 14 x 19.25 in. / 35.6 x 48.9 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; titled on backing; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Francis Douglas Motter
Title The Calves
Media watercolour on paper
Dated ca.  1953
Size 13 x 18 x 1 in. / 33 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; titled and dated on exhibition label verso; framed with archival mat

Reference
The Alberta Society of Artists, 1953 label verso

Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Francis Douglas Motter
Title Nocturne - Skiathos
Media watercolour on paper
Size 13.75 x 18.75 x 1 in. / 34.9 x 47.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; titled verso; framed

Provenance
ex-collection John Snow, Calgary artist
Estimate CAD$300-$350

Artist Francis Douglas Motter
Title Untitled - House #9/12
Media etching on paper
Size 3.75 x 2.75 x 1 in. / 9.5 x 7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered along bottom; archival mat

Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Francis Douglas Motter
Title Feed Mill, Vermilion
Media oil on paper board
Dated 1948 -exh.
Size 18 x 22 x 1 in. / 45.7 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; bears name, title and address on exhibition label verso

Reference
Alberta Society of Artists Summer, 1948 label verso

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

Artist Francis Douglas Motter
Title Sunwapta Pass
Media watercolour on paper
Size 11 x 13.75 x 1 in. / 27.9 x 34.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; titled verso; graphite sketch verso

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Francis Douglas Motter
Title Forward Pass
Media wood block on paper
Size 7.5 x 5.5 x 1 in. / 19 x 14 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and titled along bottom; archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$150-$250

Artist Francis Douglas Motter
Title Untitled - Flowers
Media watercolour on paper
Size 13.75 x 10.5 x 1 in. / 34.9 x 26.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; unframed

Provenance
from a prominent Calgary collection
Estimate CAD$300-$500

Artist Francis Douglas Motter
Title The Square at Festival Time
Media watercolour on paper
Size 15.5 x 21.25 x 1 in. / 39.4 x 54 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right

Provenance
from the estate of Archie and Marjorie Key, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Francis Douglas Motter
Title Untitled - Rural Landscape #10/12
Media etching on paper
Size 3.75 x 2.75 x 1 in. / 9.5 x 7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered along bottom; paper size: 10 x 7; archival material throughout

Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Francis Douglas Motter
Title Untitled - Rural Landscape #5/12 with Etching Plate
Media etching on paper
Size 3.75 x 3 x 1 in. / 9.5 x 7.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered along bottom; lot includes etching plate - framed with etching; archival material throughout

Reference
see Founders of the Alberta College of Art, by V.Greenfield, pg.60 for another example of the artist's work

Estimate CAD$300-$500