T00139

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Lot 175
  • 175

Mary Augusta Hiester Reid 1854 - 1921

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 CAD
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Description

  • Mary Augusta Hiester Reid
  • Early Spring
  • signed and dated '14 lower left; titled and dated on an exhibition label on the reverse

  • oil on canvas
  • 64 by 76.7 cm.
  • 25¼ by 30¼ in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Toronto

Exhibited

Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by Mary Hiester Reid, Art Gallery of Toronto, 1922, no. 107

Quiet Harmony, The Art of Mary Hiester Reid, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1 November 2000 to 4 February 2001, cat. no. 37

Literature

Janice Anderson and Brian Foss, Quiet Harmony, The Art of Mary Hiester Reid, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 2000, p. 62, cat. no. 37, reproduced in colour, also listed as cat. no. 37 on p. 94

Catalogue Note

Mary Reid incorporated Impressionism and a plein-air approach into her landscapes.  Her memorial exhibition in 1922, in which this work was included, was the first one-woman show held at the Art Gallery of Toronto.