Lot 125
  • 125

James (Jock) Williamson Galloway Macdonald 1897 - 1960

Estimate
12,000 - 16,000 CAD
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Description

  • James (Jock) Williamson Galloway Macdonald
  • IN A SOUNDLESS WORLD
  • signed u.l: Jock MacDonald '56. Also signed and titled by the artist on the reverse twice, once on a label.
  • oil on board
  • 30.5 by 40.6 cm. 12 by 16 in.

Provenance

Roberts Gallery, Toronto

Private Collection, Toronto

Exhibited

Toronto, Ontario Society of Artists, Little Pictures Exhibition, 1957

Condition

This work is in excellent condition and would benefit from a light surface cleaning as the varnish has yellowed with age evenly across the painting.
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Catalogue Note

MacDonald noted that he exhibited this painting in the O.S.A. Little Pictures Exhibition of 1957; those exhibitions, however, ended in 1939.