James W. G. Macdonald

Lot 79: JAMES (JOCK) WILLIAMSON GALLOWAY MACDONALD 1897 - 1960

Name: JAMES (JOCK) WILLIAMSON GALLOWAY MACDONALD 1897 - 1960
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 0a4eb56fcb

Est: $12,000 CAD - $15,000 CADSold:

Sotheby'sToronto, ON, CAJune 02, 2010

Item Overview

Description

JAMES (JOCK) WILLIAMSON GALLOWAY MACDONALD 1897 - 1960 UNTITLED signed lower left with the artist's monogram; titled in pencil on the reverse oil on panel 37.5 by 30.5 cm. 14 ¾ by 12 in.

Artist or Maker

James W. G. Macdonald

Literature

Dennis Reid, Jock Macdonald, Retrospective Exhibition, Ottawa, 1969, pp. 11 and 12

Provenance

Private Collection, Toronto

Notes

In 1937 Macdonald wrote in a letter to the National Gallery of Canada

I have been searching for a new expression in art ... my time at Nootka has provided me with a new expression (which is yet only being born) ... to fail to follow through with the force which is driving me -- and which I clearly believe is a true creative art - would be destruction to my very soul.

Auction Details

Important Canadian Art

Sotheby's

June 02, 2010, 07:00 PM EST

100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C6, CA

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