Herbert Sidney Palmer 1881 - 1970

Estimate

5,000 - 6,000 CAD

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Description

Herbert Sidney Palmer
Arts and Letters Club Farm
1917

signed and dated lower left H.S. PALMER '17; also signed, dated and inscribed Art & Letters Club Farm, York Mills, Ont. on the reverse
oil on panel, mounted on panel
26 by 34.3 cm.
10 ¼ by 13 ½ in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Toronto

Catalogue Note

The Arts and Letters Club was a common meeting place for artists, many of whom went on to form the Group of Seven. As early as 1911, J.E.H. MacDonald had an exhibition of paintings he had sketched at this farm in the York Mills area of Toronto.