Artist: Benjamin Chee Chee
Title: GOOSE
Date: 1976
Medium: acrylic on paper
Dimensions: 20 x 29 in. (50.8 x 73.7 cm)
Notes:
signed & dated lower left
Note: This is one of 18 works Chee Chee painted and delivered to his agent shortly before his untimely and tragic death. It is from the collection now known as the “Black Geese Portfolio”.
Exhibition: “Benjamin Chee Chee: The Black Geese Portfolio”, Thunder Bay Art Gallery (October 16- December 15, 1991).
Reference: “Benjamin Chee Chee: The Black Geese Portfolio and Other Works” (Thunder Bay Art Gallery; 1991). The book was published to coincide with this second retrospective of Chee Chee’s work, curated by Robert Houle. The first retrospective was held in 1983. The third, “Benjamin Chee Chee Life & Legacy”, ran recently from December 6, 2019- March 1, 2020, with a subsequent tour.
LOT: 105
Auction: 2021 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Harley Brown
Title: WHITE EYES, SIOUX
Medium: gouache and watercolour on paper
Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.5 in. (24.1 x 19.1 cm)
Notes:
signed & titled lower right
LOT: 104
Auction: 2021 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Nicholas de Grandmaison
Title: LONGTIME SQUIRREL, MESAMIKAYISI - BLOOD INDIAN (KAINAI NATION), CARDSTON, ALBERTA
Date: 1938
Medium: pastel on sandpaper
Dimensions: 21.25 x 14.5 in. (54 x 36.8 cm)
Notes:
signed lower left
Note: This work is illustrated on page 63 of “History in Their Blood: The Indian Portraits of Nicholas de Grandmaison” (H. Dempsey; Douglas & McIntyre Ltd., Vancouver; 1982). There are references to this subject on pages 19; 40; 43; 62; and 100.
Longtime Squirrel was a boy when his family settled on the Blood Reserve. In the 1890s, he was a notable member of a cattle ring that was created in response to the government cutting rations to the reserve. Members of this group would kill cattle that strayed onto the reserve, with much of the meat going to feed the hungry. Longtime Squirrel was caught and sent to prison. He became a local hero and was respected by his people. Following his release, he began to raise horses, amassing almost 700 head by 1939. He became a member of the Horn Society, among several others, and died in 1945.
LOT: 103
Auction: 2021 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Allen Sapp
Title: LIGHTING FIRE TO MAKE SOME TEA
Date: 1975
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Notes:
signed lower right; titled & dated on the artist’s label verso (AD-568)
Provenance: deVooght Galleries, Vancouver BC
LOT: 102
Auction: 2021 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Karl E. Wood
Title: MOUNTAIN PEAKS
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Notes:
signed lower left
Provenance: Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary AB
LOT: 101
Auction: 2021 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Karl E. Wood
Title: MT. NORQUAY (2ND VERMILION LAKE)
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm)
Notes:
signed lower right; titled on the artist’s label verso
Provenance: Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary AB
LOT: 100
Auction: 2021 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Roland Gissing
Title: ROCKY MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm)
Notes:
signed lower right
LOT: 99
Auction: 2021 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Georgia Jarvis
Title: WINTER BRIDGE
Medium: oil on masonite
Dimensions: 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
Notes:
signed lower right; signed & titled verso
Provenance: Lefebvre Galleries, Edmonton AB
LOT: 98
Auction: 2021 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Georgia Jarvis
Title: WINTER MILL
Medium: oil on masonite
Dimensions: 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
Notes:
signed lower right; signed & titled verso
Provenance: Lefebvre Galleries, Edmonton AB
LOT: 97
Auction: 2021 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Duncan Mackinnon Crockford
Title: FOOTHILLS, HAYING SEASON
Date: 1957
Medium: oil on masonite
Dimensions: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)
Notes:
signed & dated lower right; titled on the stretcher verso
LOT: 96
Auction: 2021 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
