Buttermilk Falls, Burk’s Falls, Ontario, Magnetwan River, c. 1932, circa 1932
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
10.5 × 13.5 in (26.7 × 34.3 cm)
Auction Estimate:$1,000 - $1,500
Sale date:October 15 - 22, 2019
Price Realized
$1,180
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto
Bernice Fenwick Martin was taught and mentored by the celebrated Canadian painter, J.W. Beatty, and “Buttermilk Falls, Burk’s Falls, Ontario” was executed while studying at Beatty’s O.C.A. Summer School in Port Hope, Ontario in circa 1932. This work bears a striking resemblance to a canvas by Beatty entitled, “Burk’s Falls Bridge”, which is now part of the collection of the Toronto Board of Education.
