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David Brown Milne, Hotel and Butcher Shop (Queen's Hotel on a Dark Day) (1931)
Estimate:
CA$60,000 - CA$80,000
Sold
CA$60,000
Live Auction
Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
ARTIST
David Brown Milne
Size
16.25 x 20.25 ins
Category
Description
David Brown Milne, Hotel and Butcher Shop (Queen's Hotel on a Dark Day) (1931)
Condition
Condition Report requests can be submitted to mail@cowleyabbott.ca.
Medium
oil on canvas
Signature
signed upper right and dated "July 1931" upper left; titled "Hotel and Butcher Shop" and "27" inscribed on the reverse; Milne catalogue raisonné no. 302.73
Provenance
The Right Honourable Vincent Massey, 1934; Laing Galleries, Toronto as "Black House, Palgrave", 1958; Fred Mendel, Saskatoon; Mrs. Eva Miller, Priddis, Alberta; Masters Gallery, Calgary; Private Collection
Literature
David Milne Jr. and David P. Silcox, David B. Milne: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume 2: 1929-1953, Toronto, 1998, listed and reproduced page 517, no. 302.73; Ian Thom, et al., Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven, Vancouver/London, 2015, reproduced page 183;
Quantity
1
Exhibited
Exhibition of Paintings by David B. Milne, Mellors Galleries, Toronto, 1934, no. 51; Exhibition of Pictures by David B. Milne, James Wilson and Co., Ottawa, February 1935, no. 36; Exhibition of Paintings by David B. Milne, W. Scott & Sons, Montreal, 1935, no. 36; Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven, Vancouver Art Gallery; travelling to Glenbow Museum, Calgary; Art Gallery of Hamilton, 30 October 2015-25 September 2016