Fine Prints and Photography Auction – Tuesday 10 March 2015 at 7:00 pm
162 FRITZ BRANDTNER (1896-1969), CANADIAN MOUNTAINS, 1930; LOOKING UP BONSECOURS STREET, MONTREAL, 1941 The first, linocut on japan paper; signed, titled and dated 1930 in pencil to margin. The latter, colour woodblock; titled, dated 1941 and indistinctly annotated in pencil to margin. Matted. Both unframed. Image 10” x 8” — 25.4 x 20.3 cm.; 11.75” x 10.5” — 29.8 x 26.7 cm.; 4.5” x 3.5” — 11.4 x 8.9 cm. Provenance: Louis Muhlstock, Montreal; By descent to present Private Collection, Montreal $1,000—1,500 *Additional images available on our website.
163 FRITZ BRANDTNER (1896-1969), CANADIAN RIDERS Colour silkscreen on wove paper; signed in the plate lower right, signed and numbered 12/50 in pencil to margin, artist’s studio stamp at 1154 Beaver Hall Sq., in black ink number “LA. 2658” verso. Unframed. Image 9.1” x 12.8” — 23.2 x 32.5 cm. Provenance: Louis Muhlstock, Montreal; By descent to present Private Collection, Montreal $900—1,200
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