Lot 101
  • 101

Louis Muhlstock 1904 - 2001

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 CAD
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Description

  • Louis Muhlstock
  • Gray Day, Facing la Ruelle Ste. Famille
  • 1940

    signed lower right Muhlstock; signed and titled on the frame on the reverse

  • oil on canvas
  • 66.0 by 76.2 cm.
  • 26 by 30 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Montreal

Literature

Esther Trepanier, Jewish Painters of Montreal, Montreal, 2008, p. 46, colour plate 22, as Grey Day

Catalogue Note

Foremost among the painters of note in Montreal, Muhlstock was both productive in his own right and active in his support of other painters. His work hangs in the National Gallery of Canada and a strong work like this gives ample reason why.