William Raphael 1833 - 1914

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 CAD

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Description

William Raphael
Habitants and their Dog
signed, dated 1860 and inscribed Montreal lower right
oil on canvas
50.8 by 41 cm.
20 by 16 in.

Provenance

Kennedy Galleries, New York

Galerie Bernard Desroches, Montreal

Private Collection, Port Hope

Exhibited

Hommage à William Raphael, RCA (1833 - 1914), Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, Montreal, 7 - 21 septembre, 1996, no. 12

Literature

Sharon Goelman (text), Retrospective Exhibition: William Raphael (1833 - 1914), Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal, September, 1996, p. 5

Catalogue Note

Goelman notes:

In his genre scenes, Raphael strove to document the more romantic aspects of Canadian life, as seen through the eyes of an immigrant, anxious to record details of people's appearance and activities.