104. Maud Lewis (Canadian, 1903-1970) -

Spring Scene

oil on board

16.75 x 18.25 in. (framed), 11.75 x 13.5 in. (sight) 1960s

Estimate

$18,000 - $25,000

Provenance

Acquired directly from the Artist

Private Collection, New Brunswick

Maud Lewis (1903-1970) is one of Atlantic Canada’s most important artists, and arguably one of Canada’s most significant artists of the midtwentieth century. She created colourful, graphically bold interpretations of the Nova Scotia landscape.

Lewis was born in 1903 in Yarmouth, NS, moved in the 1930s to Digby County. She had a prolific and consistent painting career throughout the 1950s and 1960s. A collection of her work is on permanent view at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Lewis and her work have been the subject of numerous books, documentaries, and national and international touring exhibitions.

105. Kent Monkman (Canadian, 1965- )Emergence of a Legend

Series of five chromogenic prints on metallic paper, edition of 25 16 x 13 in. (framed), 6.5 x 4.5 in. (image)

2006

Estimate

$25,000 - $35,000

Provenance

Private Collection, New Brunswick

Emergence of a Legend , 2006, is a series of five studio portraits by Cree artist, Kent Monkman (Canada, 1965- ), produced in collaboration with photographer Christopher Chapman, designer Izzy Camilleri, and makeup artist Jackie Shawn.

In these faux daguerreotypes, Monkman appears as his alter ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle. Miss Chief is portrayed in various guises - a hunter, a vaudeville performer, a trapper’s bride - as if appearing in one of George Catlin’s 19th century tableaux vivants or travelling exhibitions. Monkman though, in this trickster form, subverts/inverts expectations and stereotypical images of Indigenous peoples, challenging the colonial gaze.

Monkman created 25 editions of this series, one of which is in the National Gallery of Canada collection.

Monkman is one of Canada’s most important and critically acclaimed contemporary artists. Working across genres and media, Monkman’s practice has and continues to challenge received notions of Indigeneity and historical impacts of colonialism.

Monkman has had major exhibitions in Canada and the US, and was recently selected to create two monumental paintings for the Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.

An extensive conservation and photograph treatment was completed in 2023 by conservator Alena I. MacAlasdair. MacAlasdair report indicates no damage to emulsion on prints. Treatment included: new 100% cotton top and back mats used to remount prints; prints mounted to acid-free conservation mats.; acid-free dust-cover used in assembly to original frames; ultra-violet filter glass included in all five frames.

Conservation report included with the lot.