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November 21, 2016

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LOT 38

Lot 38

HENRIETTA MABEL MAY, A.R.C.A.

HENRIETTA MABEL MAY, A.R.C.A.
Lot 38 Details
HENRIETTA MABEL MAY, A.R.C.A.

WINTER LANDSCAPE

oil on board
signed; an unfinished landscape on the reverse
16 ins x 20 ins; 40.6 cms x 50.8 cms

Estimate $10,000-$15,000

Realised: $16,800
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Provenance:

Private Collection, Manotick

Literature:

Evelyn Walters,The Women of Beaver Hall, Dundurn Press, Toronto, 2005, page 67.

Note:

Despite a late start, Mabel May’s achievement was significant. According to Evelyn Walters, art critic Albert Laberge of La Presse “placed her in the highest ranks of Montreal painters and praised her powerful originality...”

Over time, her work became increasingly simplified in colour. An affiliation with a religious organization may account for this as Walter’s notes: “One of its tenets was that colours had spiritual significance. It is thought that she may have avoided strong colours like black and dark red because they were deemed to have a negative effect.”

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