A Calendar of Canadian Verse 1928 by Thoreau MacDonald
Thoreau MacDonald
A Calendar of Canadian Verse 1928
flip calendar and colour silkscreen on board
calendar intact and affixed with two staples (Irwin and Gordon Toronto, 1928);
sold with three unframed printed Christmas cards by the artist
12 x 6 ins ( 30.5 x 15.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $660.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
Sampson-Matthews Ltd., Toronto
Private Collection, Ontario
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Thoreau MacDonald
(1901 - 1989) Canadian Group of Painters
Thoreau MacDonald, illustrator, designer and painter, was born in Toronto in 1901. A self-taught painter, Thoreau worked alongside his father J.E.H. MacDonald. Colour blindness forced him to work mainly in black and white palettes. He illustrated for the Ryerson Press and the Canadian Forum magazine during the 1920s and 30s, a period when Canadian illustrated prints flourished. In general, his subject matter paralleled his father’s, though he tended to favour Ontario farmscapes.
