Lot 54
  • 54

Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Côté 1869 - 1937

Estimate
18,000 - 22,000 CAD
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Description

  • Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Côté
  • La Compagne du Vieux Pionnier
  • signed A. Suzor CoTé, titled LA COMPAGNE DU VIEUX PIONNIER, dated 1912 and stamped ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y. and COPYRIGHT CANADA on the base
  • bronze sculpture
  • 38.1 by 22.9 by 40.6 cm.
  • 15 by 9 by 16 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, St. Lambert

Exhibited

Other casts of this sculpture have been exhibited as follows:

Art Association of Montreal, 35th Spring Exhibition, April, 1918, plaster model

Art Association of Montreal, 40th Royal Canadian Academy Exhibition, November, 1918, no. 219, bronze

Royal Academy of Arts, 41st Exhibition, Toronto, November, 1919, no. 188

British Empire Exhibition, Canadian Section of Fine Arts,  Wembly, England, April, 1924, no. 235

Canadian Folk Song and Handicraft Festival, Quebec City, May, 1927

Rétrospective Suzor-Coté, Montreal School of Fine Arts, December, 1929, no. 135

Canadian National Exhibition,  Toronto, August, 1930, no. 229

Painting in Canada, A Select Historical Survey, Albany Institute of Art and History, Albany, New York, March, 1946, no. 72

Un siècle d'art Canadien, Arvida, Quebec, October, 1946, no. 19

Un siècle d'art Canadien, Rimouski, Quebec, June, 1949, no. 20

Portraits, Musée du Québec, Québec, June, 1996

Portraits, Musée du Québec, Québec, 1999

Condition

This bronze appears to be in excellent condition.
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