Lot 99: JAMES (JOCK) WILLIAMSON GALLOWAY MACDONALD 1897 - 1960

JAMES (JOCK) WILLIAMSON GALLOWAY MACDONALD 1897 - 1960 CARNIVAL signed lower left J.W.G. Macdonald '55; signed and titled No 57/ Carnival (Nice) by the artist on the reverse; further titled Riviera Carnival by the artist on his label and Carnival (Nice) 1955 , on an exhibition label on the backing coloured inks on board 26.7 by 34.9 cm. 10 ½ by 13 ¾ in.

Jock Macdonald, The Inner Landscape, A Retrospective Exhibition, Toronto, 1981, no. 93, illustrated, p. 178

Joyce Zemans, Jock Macdonald, The Inner Landscape, A Retrospective Exhibition, Toronto, 1981, p. 179

Private Collection, Toronto

As Joyce Zemans notes: "In the carnival series, the decorative arrangement of his biomorphic shapes accedes to a delicate balance of abstract elements."

A large canvas of this sketch is owned by Imperial Oil Limited.