The Meeting, November 1947

watercolour and black ink

signed and dated 1947 lower right; titled and dated on a label on the reverse

16.25 × 25.5 in (41.3 × 64.8 cm) (sight)

Auction Estimate:$6,000 - $8,000

Auction Dates:September 8 - 22, 2026

Provenance

The Artist

Estate of the Artist

Theo Waddington Gallery, Montreal, 1980

Masters Gallery, Calgary, 1982

Jack Bush Heritage Corporation

Private Collection, Ontario

Exhibited

21st Annual Exhibition of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, 1948

Jack Bush: Watercolours, Theo Waddington Gallery, Montreal, 1980

Jack Bush, RCA, Masters Gallery, Calgary, 1982, no. 20

Literature

"Dutch Pictures Reflect Solidity of Dutch Life", Toronto Telegram (7 February 1948), n.p.

21st Annual Exhibition of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, Toronto, 1948, page 2

Jack Bush, RCA, Montreal, 1982, n.p.

Sarah Stanners, Jack Bush Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné, Volume 1: 1920-1954, Toronto, 2024, reproduced page 321, no. 1.80.1947.34

Dr. Sarah Stanners notes in the catalogue raisonné for Jack Bush that the artist wrote in his first record book that the subject of this work is the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour.