Canadian Art Select: Canadians at Home and Abroad

September 2126, 2019
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LOT 132

Lot 132

CHARLES FRASER COMFORT, O.S.A., P.R.C.A.

CHARLES FRASER COMFORT, O.S.A., P.R.C.A.
Lot 132 Details
CHARLES FRASER COMFORT, O.S.A., P.R.C.A.

COPPER ISLAND, LAKE OF THE WOODS

oil on panel
signed; titled to label on the reverse
10 ins x 12 ins; 25.4 cms x 30.5 cms

Estimate $4,000-$6,000

Realised: $3,840
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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CHARLES FRASER COMFORT, O.S.A., P.R.C.A.
  • CHARLES FRASER COMFORT, O.S.A., P.R.C.A.
  • CHARLES FRASER COMFORT, O.S.A., P.R.C.A.
Provenance:

Laing Gallery
Leon Katz Collection
Private collection, Toronto

Literature:

Christine Boyanoski, “Charles Comfort's 'Lake Superior Village' and the 'Great Lakes Exhibition 1938-39',” Journal of Canadian Art History/ Annales d'histoire d'art canadien, Volume 12, Number 2, 1989, page 186

CONDITION DETAILS

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