2020 February | Hodgins Art Auctions

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signed, titled, dated & editioned in pencil

Note: This work is illustrated on page 60 of “The Art of John Snow” (Elizabeth Herbert; University of Calgary Press, 2011); page 139 of “Printmaking in Alberta, 1945-1985” (Bente Roed Cochran; University of Alberta Press, 1989); and page 4 of the exhibition catalogue “John Snow: Four Decades” (Mark Joslin; The Edmonton Art Gallery, 1989).

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signed, titled, dated and editioned

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signed & dated lower right

Leighton was working as a commercial artist in England, in 1924, when he was hired by the Canadian Pacific Company to paint scenes along the railway. He made his first journey to Canada in 1925, followed by a second in 1927, moving here permanently in 1929 after accepting the position of Director at the Art Institute of Calgary. Leighton’s first Canadian exhibition consisted of 27 works of the Rockies (along with 40 additional works depicting the English countryside). The Canadian Pacific retained several of these early landscapes, as did Leighton, taking a number back to England with him. These were later destroyed during the bombing raids in WWII. This work would have been among the earliest Leighton painted in the Canadian Rockies, and a rare surviving work from the period.

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signed in pencil; initialed in the block
MBL151
Note: This item is accompanied by a copy of Lisa Christensen’s book “Truth and Beauty in the Canadian Rockies: An Explorer’s Guide to the Art of Walter J. Phillips” (Fifth House Publishers, 2019); a full page illustration of this work appears on page 107. This work is also illustrated on page 21 of “Printmaking in Alberta, 1945-1985” (Bente Roed Cochran; University of Alberta Press, 1989) This print was the third issued in Phillips’ Ten Woodcuts Portfolio.

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signed, titled, dated & editioned in pencil
Provenance: Corporate collection, Calgary AB

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signed, titled & editioned in pencil

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signed in the print
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 in pencil lower right
Note: This piece is from the folio “Canadian Drawings By Members of the Group of Seven”, published by Rous & Mann Limited, Toronto, 1925. Each of the zinc plate lithographs is printed on a page measuring 15.25 x 11.25 in. A copy of justification page is included with this lot.

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signed, titled & editioned
Note: Illustrated page 25 of “Leonard Hutchinson, People’s Artist: Ten Years of Struggle, 1930-1940” (Lynn Hutchinson Brown; NC Press, Toronto; 1975), with additional references on pages 8 and 11.

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signed & dated lower right; titled on the backing and the gallery label verso
Provenance: High Street Gallery, Calgary AB