Artist Frederick Horsman Varley
Title Eskimo Grouping
Media graphite on paper
Dated 1938
Size 7 x 7 in. / 17.8 x 17.8 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title, date and Varley Inventory #646 on backing; framed with archival mat; some handling marks on frame noted

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

Artist Frederick Horsman Varley
Title Eskimo Women, Nascopie Ontario
Media graphite on paper
Dated 1938
Size 8.5 x 8.75 in. / 21.6 x 22.2 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title, date and Varley Inventory #645 on backing; framed with archival mat; some handling marks on frame noted

Provenance
Roberts Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,500

Artist Frederick Horsman Varley
Title Eskimo Drawing #1, Nascopie Trip
Media graphite on paper
Dated 1938
Size 7 x 8.75 in. / 17.8 x 22.2 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; bears title, date and Varley Inventory #847 on backing; framed with archival mat; some handling marks on frame noted

Provenance
Roberts Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,500

Artist Frederick Horsman Varley
Title Goats
Media ink on paper
Size 6.5 x 8.5 in. / 16.5 x 21.6 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed with archival mat and special glass

Reference
lot includes Frederick H. Varley by Peter Varley, published by Key Porter Books, Toronto, 1983

Provenance
Roberts Gallery, Toronto, label verso; from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$800-$1,000

Artist Frederick Horsman Varley
Title Tree Pattern, Kootenay Lake, B.C.
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Size 10.5 x 13 x 1 in. / 26.7 x 33 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed in ink by the artist along bottom; title printed along bottom; framed; some yellowing noted

Provenance
private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$50-$75

Artist Frederick Horsman Varley
Title Night Camp, Garibaldi
Media ink on paper
Dated ca.  1928
Size 10 x 13.5 x 1 in. / 25.4 x 34.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
Varley stamp and inventory #789 verso; framed with archival mat and special glass; some handling marks noted

Reference
Varley: A Celebration, 1997, exhibition label verso from Varley Art Gallery of Markham

Provenance
Yaneff Gallery, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500

Artist Frederick Horsman Varley
Title The Western Pass, B.C.
Media oil on wood panel
Dated ca.  1935
Size 12 x 15 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed vertically lower right; bears title, date and inscription 'National Gallery of Canada [Varley] Inventory #428' on label verso; mounted on wood board

Reference
see F.H. Varley, A Centennial Exhibition, by C.Varley, pg.123 for similar work in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria as well photograph of ‘Looking towards Mount Seymour from Varley’s studio window at Lynn with the bridge across Lynn Creek ...late 1930's’ as well as canvas Bridge Over Lynn illustrated pg. 70 in the superlative The Group of Seven in Western Canada, by C.Mastin

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$14,000-$18,000

Artist Frederick Horsman Varley
Title Portrait Study of A.L. Pike Craftsman and Designer of Stained Glass Windows
Media graphite on paper
Dated 1940
Size 10.75 x 9 x 1 in. / 27.3 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; signed, titled and inscribed 'Ottawa, 1940' verso; stamp Varley Inventory #631 verso

Provenance
Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, label verso; proceeds to Edmonton parish
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500

Artist Frederick Horsman Varley
Title Summertime
Media photo etching on paper
Size 5.5 x 6.5 x 1 in. / 14 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with monogram in plate lower left; signed along bottom;

Provenance
Art Emporium Vancouver, label verso; Estate of Joseph L. Check, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Frederick Horsman Varley
Title Untitled - Campfire by a River
Media etching on paper
Size 5.5 x 6.5 x 1 in. / 14 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed in plate lower right; signed below image; paper folded over under mat; archival mat

Reference
reproduced The Group of Seven - The Canadian Art Series, by T.MacDonald, pg.10, Ryerson Press, 1952

Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist Frederick Horsman Varley
Title Untitled - Family on a Hillside
Media etching on paper
Size 5.5 x 6.5 x 1 in. / 14 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed in plate lower left; signed below image; paper folded over under mat; archival mat

Estimate CAD$400-$600