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LOT 119

Franklin Carmichael

CSPWC G7 OSA RCA

1890 - 1945

Canadian

Leaf Pattern

oil on canvas

signed and dated 1922 and on verso titled on the exhibition labels and inscribed with the University Club of Toronto inventory #UCT-0000-C001 on a label

40 1/8 x 48 1/4 in, 101.9 x 122.6 cm

Estimate: $700,000 - $900,000 CAD

Sold for: $2,281,250

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PROVENANCE
Estate of the Artist
R.S. Waldie, Toronto
A gift from the above to the University Club of Toronto, 1947

LITERATURE
Group of Seven Exhibition of Paintings, Art Gallery of Toronto, 1922, listed, unpaginated
M.O. Hammond, “Salon of ‘Group of Seven’ Reflects Canadian Impulse to Glimpse Beyond Skyline,” Globe (Toronto), May 10, 1922
Augustus Bridle, “Pictures of the Group of Seven Show ‘Art Must Take the Road,’ ” Toronto Daily Star, May 20, 1922
Helen Appleton Read, “Triple Group at Brooklyn Museum,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 25, 1924, section B, page 2
“Canadian Art at the Bradford Gallery,” Yorkshire Post, July 23, 1926
“Canadian Art: Exhibition at Cartwright Hall,” Yorkshire Observer, July 23, 1926

EXHIBITED
Art Gallery of Toronto, Group of Seven Exhibition of Paintings, May 5 – 29, 1922, catalogue #1
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, An Exhibition of Modern Canadian Paintings, November 1 – 30, 1923, traveling to the Kansas City Art Institute, Works by Canadian Artists, December 1923; Omaha Public Library, Omaha Society of Fine Arts, January 9 – 31, 1924; Milwaukee Art Institute, February 1924; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, March 8 – 25, 1924; Massachusetts Art Institute, Worcester, Exhibition of Paintings by Canadian Artists, April 6 – 27, 1924; and the Brooklyn Museum, New York, May – August 15, 1924, catalogue #4

Literature continued

Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Members of the Group of Seven, 1919 – 1933, National Gallery of Canada, 1936, listed, unpaginated

Franklin Carmichael Memorial Exhibition, Art Gallery of Toronto, 1947, listed, unpaginated

Megan Bice, Light and Shadow: The Work of Franklin Carmichael, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1990, reproduced page 41 and listed pages 30, 32, 35, 40 – 41, and 116

Joan Murray, “ Carmichael’s Triumph?” Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, Summer 1990, page 156

Charles C. Hill, The Group of Seven: Art for a Nation, National Gallery of Canada, 1995, reproduced page 106 and listed pages 150, 313, and 316 – 317

Exhibited continued

British Empire Exhibition, London, Canadian Section of Fine Arts, May 9 – October 31, 1925, catalogue #FF.11, traveling to the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Exhibition of Canadian Art, November 26 – December 23, 1925, catalogue #19; York City Art Gallery, January 16 – February 13, 1926; Corporation Art Gallery, Bury, February 20 – March 20, 1926, catalogue #9; Blackpool, March 27 – April 24, 1926; Corporation Art Gallery, Rochdale, May 1 – 29, 1926, catalogue #9; Corporation Art Gallery, Oldham, June 12 – July 10, 1926, catalogue #9; Cartwright Memorial Hall, Bradford, July 17 – August 14, 1926, catalogue #88; Queen’s Park Branch Art Gallery, Manchester, Exhibition of Canadian Pictures, August 28 – October 9, 1926, catalogue #154; Sheffield, October 15 – December 11, 1926; and the Municipal Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth, January 12 – February 12, 1927, catalogue #29

Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, Exhibition of Paintings by Canadian Artists, September 14 – October 14, 1928, catalogue #7

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Members of the Group of Seven, 1919 – 1933, February 20 – April 15, 1936, traveling to the Art Association of Montreal, April 17 – May 3, 1936, and the Art Gallery of Toronto, May 15 – June 15, 1936, catalogue #10

Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, Contemporary Art, February 18 – October 29, 1939, Canada catalogue #3

Art Gallery of Toronto, Franklin Carmichael Memorial Exhibition, March 8 – 28, 1947, catalogue #4

Vancouver Art Gallery, Group of Seven, March 29 – April 25, 1954, catalogue # 2

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Light and Shadow: The Work of Franklin Carmichael, May 4 – August 6, 1990, traveling to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, December 14, 1990 – March 3, 1991; Winnipeg Art Gallery, April 13 – June 10, 1991; and Art Gallery of Windsor, July 20 – August 18, 1991, catalogue #23

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, The Group of Seven: Art for a Nation, October 13, 1995 – January 7, 1996; traveling to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, February 17 – May 5, 1996; Vancouver Art Gallery, June 19 – September 2, 1996; and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, October 3 – December 1, 1996, catalogue #54

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Estimate: $700,000 - $900,000 CAD

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