Artist Mildred Valley Thornton
Title Untitled - Coastal Fishermen
Media oil on canvas
Size 20 x 24 in. / 50.8 x 61 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; a few small repairs noted; framed; small tear noted upper left and some paint loss noted upper centre; some handling marks on frame noted

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Mildred Valley Thornton
Title Helen, Widow of Almighty Voice, Cree [Old Blind Helen]
Media oil on canvas board
Dated 1945
Size 23 x 18 in. / 58.4 x 45.7 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; signed, titled, dated and inscribed 'painted at One Arrow Reserve, Duck Lake 1945'

Reference
see an interesting description of the artist meeting Helen on page 48 and illustrated page 112 in Buffalo People, Portraits of a Vanishing Nation by Mildred Valley Thornton, Hancock House, 2000; illustrated on page 99 of The Life and Art of Mildred Valley Thornton - [4th book in] The Unheralded Artists of B.C., by Sheryl Salloum, published by Mother Tongue Publishing Ltd., Salt Spring Island, 2011

Provenance
Westbridge Fine Art, Vancouver, label verso; private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Mildred Valley Thornton
Title Charlie David [White Wolf]
Media oil on canvas
Dated 1942
Size 23 x 19 in. / 58.4 x 48.3 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and inscribed 'Blood Indian. Father was a British Colonel... painted near Cardston, Alta., where he was poisoning Gophers in 1942' verso; framed; small repair noted lower centre

Reference
see an interesting description of the artist meeting Charlie David on page 156 and illustrated page 138 in Buffalo People, Portraits of a Vanishing Nation by Mildred Valley Thornton, Hancock House, 2000; see also The Life and Art of Mildred Valley Thornton - [4th book in] The Unheralded Artists of B.C., by Sheryl Salloum, published by Mother Tongue Publishing Ltd., Salt Spring Island, 2011

Provenance
Westbridge Fine Art, Vancouver, label verso; private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Mildred Valley Thornton
Title Untitled - Log on the Beach
Media watercolour on paper
Size 9 x 12 in. / 22.9 x 30.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Mildred Valley Thornton
Title Snow Covered River Banks
Media oil on paper board
Size 10.25 x 13.5 in. / 26 x 34.3 cm.

Notes
certificate from the artist's estate attached verso; titled on certificate verso; framed; handling marks on frame noted

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$600-$800

Artist Mildred Valley Thornton
Title Untitled - Under the Arbutus Tree
Media watercolour on paper
Size 9.75 x 10.75 in. / 24.8 x 27.3 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$400-$500

Artist Mildred Valley Thornton
Title Untitled - Looking Down the Lane
Media watercolour on paper
Size 11 x 14.25 in. / 27.9 x 36.2 cm.

Notes
signed 'M.E. Stinson' per the artist's maiden name lower right; framed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$350

Artist Mildred Valley Thornton
Title Untitled - View of the Lake
Media watercolour on paper
Size 10 x 11 x 1 in. / 25.4 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$350-$450

Artist Mildred Valley Thornton
Title Denny Jim, North Vancouver
Media oil on canvas
Size 24 x 20 x 1 in. / 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; bears title on label verso; framed

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

Artist Mildred Valley Thornton
Title Untitled - Approaching Fall No. 1
Media watercolour on paper
Size 8.5 x 11.5 x 1 in. / 21.6 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Vancouver
Estimate CAD$500-$600

Artist Mildred Valley Thornton
Title Untitled - Approaching Fall No. 2
Media watercolour on paper
Size 8.5 x 11.5 x 1 in. / 21.6 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Vancouver
Estimate CAD$500-$600