Frederick Horsman Varley
1881 - 1969, Canadian
Ottawa River
oil on canvas, circa 1940
22 x 28 in, 55.88 x 71.12 cm
ESTIMATION: $125,000 - $150,000
VENDU POUR : $115,000 CAD (premium included)
DATE DE LA VENTE : Thursday, November 18, 1999
Vente de Heffel Fine Art Auction House, Thursday, November 18, 1999, Lot n°042
signed and on verso National Gallery of Canada Varley Inventory #564
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the Artist by Dr. H. Thompson
By descent to Shelagh Thompson
By descent to the present Private Collection, Vancouver
Exhibited:
The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1954 The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1955
Literature:
Christopher Varley, F.H. Varley, National Gallery of Canada, 1979, reproduced page 90
Varley comments that this work was probably painted during an extended stay in Ottawa in the fall of 1943.
Christopher Varley, F.H. Varley, The Edmonton Art Gallery, 1981, reproduced page 156
Reproduit