2019 September | Hodgins Art Auctions

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signed in pencil lower right
Note: This piece is from the folio titled “Canadian Drawings: A Portfolio of Prints by Members of the Group of Seven”, published in 1925 by Rous & Mann Limited, Toronto. Each of the zinc plate lithographs is printed on a sheet measuring 15.25 x 11.25 in. A copy of the justification page is attached verso.

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signed, titled, dated & editioned in pencil

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signed, titled & editioned
Note: Alternately titled “Deer, Winter”.

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signed, titled & editioned in pencil

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signed, titled & editioned in pencil

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signed & titled lower right

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signed, titled & editioned in pencil

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signed & dated lower right (at a later date)

Note: Duncan Macpherson was a noted and decorated political cartoonist. He studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Art and the Ontario College of Art. During his career he worked as an illustrator for the Montreal Standard, Maclean’s, and the Toronto Star. This painting is illustrated on page 118 of “Macpherson’s Canada” (Toronto Daily Star; 1969). The book includes a collection of original paintings and drawings that were created by Macpherson over the span of four years while he travelled Canada, documenting its people, and noting his impressions. A copy of the book accompanies this work.

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signed lower left

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signed lower right; titled & dated lower left and on the gallery label verso
Provenance: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver BC