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Joyner’s Canadian Art Auction, 1st Session

May 27, 2008

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LOT 20

Lot 20

FREDERICK HORSMAN VARLEY, A.R.C.A.

FREDERICK HORSMAN VARLEY, A.R.C.A.
Lot 20 Details
FREDERICK HORSMAN VARLEY, A.R.C.A.

MISTY SUNRISE

watercolour
signed, Varley Inventory no.295, an unfinished portrait drawing on the reverse
9 3/4 ins x 12 3/4 ins; 24.4 cms x 31.9 cms

Estimate $15,000-$18,000

Realised: $16,100
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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FREDERICK HORSMAN VARLEY, A.R.C.A.
  • FREDERICK HORSMAN VARLEY, A.R.C.A.
Provenance:

Private Collection, Calgary

Literature:

Peter Varley, Frederick H. Varley, Toronto, 1983, pages 158-159 and 166 for a related painting and drawings.

Note:

Painted circa 1940.

Peter Varley reproduces several related works inculding a conte drawing of Tree Forms and an oil entitled Autumn Haze. The portrait on the reverse of this lot almost certainly depicts Nancy Cameron.

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