Henriette Mabel May

Lot 1: HENRIETTA MABEL MAY 1884 - 1971

Name: HENRIETTA MABEL MAY 1884 - 1971
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: ec8972c90a

Est: $12,000 CAD - $18,000 CAD

Sotheby'sToronto, ON, CAMay 26, 2011

Item Overview

Description

HENRIETTA MABEL MAY 1884 - 1971 AUTUMN signed lower right H. MABEL MAY; titled on a label on the reverse watercolour, mounted on board 33.1 by 35.7 cm. 13 1/8 by 14 1/8 in.

Artist or Maker

Henriette Mabel May

Literature

Evelyn Walters, The Women of Beaver Hall, Canadian Modernist Painters, Toronto, 2005, p. 62

Provenance

Dominion Gallery, Montreal

Private Collection, Toronto

Notes

May and her art are best described by fellow Beaver Hall artist, Anne Savage:

She was a brilliant figure at the gallery. She painted with such vigour and strength - gay, rhythmic colour using the impressionist's technique of scintillating colour. She spent some time in France, came back radiant - loved life - painted in the landscapes of the Eastern Townships, where she built up her singing happy pictures.

Her bright fauve colouring is very similar to paintings that Emily Carr also created on her return from France.

Auction Details

Important Canadian Art

Sotheby's

May 26, 2011, 12:00 PM EST

9 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5R 2E1, CA

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