Doris Jean McCarthy
(1910 - 2010) RCA, OSA
Previously Sold Works
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
High Tide, East Coast
watercolour
signed lower right; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
14.25 x 21.5 ins ( 36.2 x 54.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $2,880.00
Sale date: December 12th 2023
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Dinosaur Park Forms
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and dated 4 October 1997 (970410) on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $2,880.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Ontario Ladies’ College, Whitby
oil on board
signed lower right; inscribed “Whitby” and “330610” (date of June 10, 1933) on the reverse; unframed
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $2,596.00
Sale date: September 29th 2020
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Head Lake, Haliburton
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
11.5 x 13.5 ins ( 29.2 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $2,640.00
Sale date: April 18th 2023
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Quebec Near Petit Rivière
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled, dated 1933 and inscribed “330721” (July 21, 1933) on the reverse; unframed
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $2,640.00
Sale date: March 26th 2024
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Holman Island
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and inscribed “770615” (inventory date June 15, 1977) on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $2,360.00
Sale date: November 28th 2018
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Christina Maria & Escort
oil on panel
signed lower right; inscribed 860415 on the reverse, titled and dated on a gallery label on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: August 17th 2021
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Fort Chipewyan
watercolour
signed lower right; titled and dated 1980 to a gallery label on the reverse
14 x 21.25 ins ( 35.6 x 54 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: October 10th 2023
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Murray Bay, P.Q.
oil on panel
signed lower right; titled and dated 1947 to two gallery labels on the reverse
11.25 x 13.25 in ( 28.6 x 33.7 cm )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: February 25th 2025
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Grey Spruce, Inuvik
watercolour
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1977 on the reverse
11.75 x 15.75 ins ( 29.8 x 40 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $2,280.00
Sale date: March 22nd 2022
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Serenity - E The Berg
watercolour
signed lower right; titled and dated “040613” (June 13, 2004) on the reverse
Note: adhesive from past framing present in left and lower margins (areas do not enter subject matter); unframed
4.75 x 6.5 ins ( 12.1 x 16.5 cms ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $2,124.00
Sale date: April 26th 2019
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Shore at Lake Erie, Near Point Pelee
oil on panel
signed lower right; titled and dated “October 20, 1939” on the reverse
11.5 x 13.625 ins ( 29.2 x 34.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $2,160.00
Sale date: April 19th 2022
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Landscape (Islands and Clouds)
watercolour
signed lower right; an unfinished shoreline landscape present on reverse of artwork, inscribed “770317” (March, 17, 1977) on the reverse
11.5 x 14.75 ins ( 29.2 x 37.5 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $2,040.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Abstract Winter Landscape
watercolour
signed lower right; abstract study of a cemetery on the reverse; pinholes present in margins of the paper; unframed
22.25 x 30.25 ins ( 56.5 x 76.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,920.00
Sale date: February 24th 2016
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
River Iceberg
watercolour on paper
signed lower left; titled and dated 2000 to a gallery label on the reverse
5 x 7 ins ( 12.7 x 17.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,800.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
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Doris McCarthy Biography
(1910 - 2010) RCA, OSA
Born in Calgary, Alberta, McCarthy attended the Ontario College of Art from 1926–1930 where she was awarded various scholarships and prizes. She became a teacher shortly thereafter and taught most frequently at Central Technical School in downtown Toronto from 1932 until she retired in 1972. She spent most of her life living and working in Scarborough, Ontario though she travelled abroad extensively and painted the landscapes of various countries including: Costa Rica, Spain, Italy, Japan, India, England and Ireland. McCarthy was probably best-known for her Canadian landscapes and her depictions of Arctic icebergs.
McCarthy's work has been exhibited and collected extensively in Canada and abroad, in both public and private art galleries including: The National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, and The Doris McCarthy Art Gallery. McCarthy also penned three autobiographies chronicling the various stages of her life: A Fool in Paradise (Toronto: MacFarlane, Walter & Ross, 1990), The Good Wine (Toronto: MacFarlane, Walter & Ross, 1991), and Ninety Years Wise (Toronto: Second Story Press, 2004). She was also the recipient of the Order of Ontario, the Order of Canada; honorary degrees from the University of Calgary, the University of Toronto, Trent University, the University of Alberta, and Nipissing University; and an honorary fellowship from the Ontario College of Art and Design. She died on November 25, 2010.
