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David Milne, Ink Bottle, 1937
Estimate:
CA$40,000 - CA$45,000
Sold
CA$35,000
Timed Auction
Oeno Gallery - Works on Paper & Photography // Œuvres sur papier & Photographie
ARTIST
David Milne
Location
Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield, ON - by appointment only
Size
14 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches / 37,5 x 55,3 cm
Description
This painting appears in David Silcox's catalogue raisonne for Milne: "Ink Bottle, is CR number 305.62: a Six Mile Lake painting.” See also: MILNE, David Jr., SILCOX, David P., David B. Milne: Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings. Volume 1: 1882-1928. Volume 2: 1929-1953. This painting was in the collection of Barbara Moon who purchased it from Milne's agent and friend Douglas Duncan around 1961. Duncan reached out to Moon after reading her article about Milne in Maclean’s magazine, June 1961, asking if she wished to purchase Milne’s work. The article: Barbara Moon, “Genius in Hiding, Artist David Milne,” Maclean’s, June 17, 1961. https://archive.macleans.ca/issue/19610617
Condition
framed / encadrée
Medium
Watercolour and graphite on paper / Aquarelle et graphite sur papier
Signature
– / –
Provenance
Collection particulière / Private collection
