Sold for: $5,938

PROVENANCE
Nephew of Harold Mortimer-Lamb
Sold sale of Fine Canadian Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, May 2000
Private Collection, Vancouver

EXHIBITED
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, date unknown, label on verso

Harold Mortimer-Lamb was a multi-faceted individual and important member of the Canadian art world in the 20th century. He was a professional mining engineer and journalist - however, he is best known for his photography and involvement with the Group of Seven and the Vancouver art scene. He was also a painter himself, and his daughter was well-known artist Molly Lamb Bobak.

Emily Carr in her Studio (Sunshine and Tumult in the background) is a celebrated image of Emily Carr. This work is circa 1939, a period when Carr’s work was reaching great national and international acclaim, although her personal health was declining. Photographs of Carr are rare, and this well-known image displays Carr confident and relaxed at her Victoria studio.

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