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LOT 111

AAM CGP CSGA CSPWC G7 OSA RCA
1885 - 1969
Canadian

The Departure of the Troop Ship, Halifax
oil on board
signed and on verso signed, titled and titled Departure of the Troopship on the Dalhousie Art Gallery label, dated 1916 - 1917, inscribed "No. 6" / "$55.00" / "Bedford, N.S." and variously on the backing and stamped with the Arthur Lismer Estate stamp and stamped signature
12 x 16 in, 30.5 x 40.6 cm

Estimate: $60,000 - $80,000 CAD

Sold for: $133,250

Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave

PROVENANCE
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W.M. Manuge, Halifax
Sold sale of Important Canadian Art, Sotheby's Canada, May 27, 1985, lot 740
Collection of Chris Haney, Toronto, circa 1985
By descent to the present Private Collection, California

LITERATURE
Gemey Kelly, Arthur Lismer: Nova Scotia, 1916 - 1919, Dalhousie Art Gallery, 1982, titled as Departure of the Troopship, reproduced page 51
Anabelle Kienle Ponka, Halifax Harbour 1918 / Le port d’Halifax 1918, National Gallery of Canada, 2018, page 34

EXHIBITED
Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Arthur Lismer: Nova Scotia, 1916 - 1919, December 2, 1982 - October 2, 1983, catalogue #34


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Estimate: $60,000 - $80,000 CAD

All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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