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Lot 88
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James Edward Hervey MacDonald 1873 - 1932

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 CAD
bidding is closed

Description

  • James Edward Hervey Macdonald
  • Floral Study
  • signed bottom right J. MacD; signed J.E.H. MacDonald, A.R.C.A. on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 25.4 by 20.3 cm.
  • 9 7/8 by 8 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Florida

Literature

Joan Murray, Flowers, J.E.H. MacDonald, Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, Toronto, 2002, pp. 63 and 85

Catalogue Note

Joan Murray notes:

For MacDonald, the subject of flowers offered an incredibly flexible instrument with which to capture colour and light.  He regarded flowers indoors and out with an affectionate eye... His paintings are spare and airy.  His contribution to the flower subject in Canadian Art is outstanding.