Bidding in a Winter Wonderland

acrylic on paper

signed lower right; signed, titled, dated 1988 and inscribed “#15” and “Christmas time has arrived and in the North one can often collect a tree close by. Here one need not dream of a while Christmas as the snow remains crisp and white. Snow gives the land a mangle of cleanliness and purity” on the reverse of the accompanying card; unframed

14.5 × 11 in (36.8 × 27.9 cm) (sheet)

acrylic on card

signed and dated 1990 lower right; signed, titled, dated and inscribed “Design for Xmas Card - ‘Save the Children Fund’ and “Reduce 50%” in the lower margin; unframed

9.5 × 12.25 in (24.1 × 31.1 cm) (subject)

acrylic on card

signed lower right; signed, titled, dated 1991 and inscribed “Design for Save the Children Fund of B.C.” in the lower margin; dated with the artist’s studio stamp on the reverse; unframed

12.75 × 9.5 in (32.4 × 24.1 cm) (subject)

two hand-painted cards

- “Merry Christmas” signed with initials “MES” below the image; 4.5 ins x 2.5 ins (subject); - “Winter Landscape with Cabin” signed in the lower margin; inscribed to past recipient on the inside of the card; 3.75 ins x 2.5 ins (subject); each unframed

3.75 × 2.5 in (9.5 × 6.3 cm) (subject)

three etchings

each signed and titled in the lower margin; each unframed and affixed to matting

3.75 × 3.75 in (9.5 × 9.5 cm) (each subject)

three hand-painted cards

- “Cabin Among the Trees” signed in the lower margin; inscribed to a past recipient on the inside of the card; 3.75 ins x 2.5 ins (subject); - “Village in Winter” 4.25 ins x 2.75 ins (subject); - “River in Winter” inscribed to a past recipient on the inside of the card; 2.5 ins x 3.5 ins (subject); each unframed

3.75 × 2.5 in (9.5 × 6.3 cm)

two colour screenprints and one photolithographic reproduction

- “With Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year” / “Rue Anemone”; 6.25 ins x 4.75 ins (folded), 6.25 ins x 12.5 ins (unfolded); - “With Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year”/”Wild Lily of the Valley”; titled and dated “1970s” on the reverse; 4.75 ins x 6.25 ins (folded); 4.75 ins x 15.5 ins (unfolded); - “With Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year”/”Farm Scene“ dated “late 1960’s” on the reverse; 4.25 ins x 6.25 ins (folded); 4.25 ins x 15.25 ins (unfolded); each unframed

4.75 × 15.5 in (12.1 × 39.4 cm)

three photolithographic reproductions

- “Nöel”; dated 1982; 4.75 x 6.25 ins (folded), 4.75 x 15 ins (unfolded); - “Silent Night”; 5 x 7 ins (folded), 5 x 16 ins (unfolded); - “Stumps and Snow”; dated 1977; 4.75 x 6 ins (folded), 4.75 x 12 ins. (unfolded); each unframed

5 × 16 in (12.7 × 40.6 cm) (largest)

one photolithographic reproduction and two postcards

“Season’s Greetings” / “Christmas Night” 8.5 x 9.25 ins. (folded), 8.5 x 17 ins. (unfolded); sold together with two postcards from the McMichael Conservation Collection of Art

8.5 × 17 in (21.6 × 43.2 cm) (largest)