Historical Results
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