signed lower right; titled and dated 1945 on an exhibition label on the reverse
22 × 28.75 in (55.9 × 73.0 cm) (sight)
Auction Estimate:$2,000 - $3,000
Sale date:July 6 - 20, 2021
Price Realized
$3,840
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Collection of the artist’s family
Exhibited
Art Association of Montreal, Spring Exhibition, 1945
Goodridge Roberts: A Retrospective Exhbition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1969-70
Goodridge Roberts: 1904-1974, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, 1998-99
Literature
James Borcoman, “Goodridge Roberts: A Retrospective Exhibition”, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1969, reproduced
Sandra Paikowsky, “Goodridge Roberts 1904 - 1974”, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, 1998, reproduced page 109
Sandra Paikowsky’s 1998 exhibition catalogue which accompanied the retrospective at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg reproduced this artwork and noted below it:
“Roberts almost never exhibited publicly his cartoon-like drawings, although this work was shown to great critical approval in the Art Association of Montreal’s 1945 Spring Show. Drawings of this type were often done for the amusement of his cousins, the MacDonald children.”