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EVA BROOK DONLY (Canada 1867-1941) OIL ON PANEL
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Pre 1920 item# 789925 (stock# 5875)
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Fiona Kenny Antiques
905-682-0090
$500
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An impressionistic framed oil on panel painting depicting a large willow tree in the bush by Eva Brook Donly (Canada 1867-1941). Born in Simcoe, Ontario, she studied under Frederic M. Bell-Smith at Alma College and the School for Artisans New York under John Ward Stimson. She also studied at the San Carlos Academy in Mexico City under Jose M. Pino. Works by this listed artist (Dictionary of Canadian Artists) are on display at the Eva Brook Donly Museum in Simcoe and in the National Gallery of Canada. This painting measures 11-3/4" x 8-1/2" sight size, and it is in a 13-1/2" x 10-1/2" gilt wood frame and it is unsigned, with an ink notation on the back "The Weeping Willow Painted by Eva Brook Donly" in the artist's handwriting. It is in excellent original condition with no tears, staining, fading, losses, damage or repairs. This is one of a series of works obtained from the estate of a relative of the artist. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted. Surface shipping to the continental U.S. starts at $22 (other spots may vary) - insured is higher, and mandatory on items over $85 if paid with a credit card. Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. NOTE: we do not accept PayPal.
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Pr Late Georgian MINIATURE PAINTINGS c1830-40
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Pre 1837 VR item# 791151 (stock# 5877)
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Fiona Kenny Antiques
905-682-0090
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An antique pair of early 19th century paintings on ivory c1830-40. They are watercolour on ivory, and the detail and costumes are quite good - their painting style is detailed but a little simplistic - probably a talented amateur or folk artist painter rather than a trained portrait artist. They come in the original gesso and gilt over wood frames. The ivories themselves measure 2-5/8" x 2" and the frames measure 4-1/8" x 3-3/4" and 4-3/8 x 3-3/4". They are unsigned, and the frames have remnants of the original gilding along with a myriad of layers of paint from the past, worn or partially stripped away. They were found in Canada but may be either of Canadian or US origin. The people appear to be a father and a young son and the father's painting appears to have the original glass and backing board; the son's glass has a corner crack (reglued) and appears to be more recent. We have shown both back and front of each ivory, with the light shining through on one to show the translucency of the panel. The colours are vivid and bright, and this pair is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, crazing, damage or repairs other than a small area on the upper right of the son where the paint has been rubbed and some edge soiling on each picture, as well as the wear or partial stripping of the frames. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are secondhand and may have slight signs of gentle use. Surface shipping starts at $8 (other spots may vary) - insured is higher, and mandatory on items over $85 if paid with a credit card. Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. All of our prices are in $US. NOTE: we do not accept PayPal.
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19thC FRAMED WATERCOLOUR PICTURE of CHILD c1880
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Pre 1900 item# 677613 (stock# 5429)
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Fiona Kenny Antiques
905-682-0090
$95
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A late Victorian period unsigned framed watercolour on paper depicting a child. This piece of early memorial folk art was possibly made by a family member as a reminder of a deceased child, with typical muted colours and austere pose. This Victorian memorial picture is a lovingly made piece, with a hand-cut deep red velvet mat, a gilt paper mount from a photo-album page and a black and gilt frame with applied coptic-style crosses in each corner. The image measures 5-1/2" x 4" (sight size), the frame is 14 x 12", and it has a unique back closure - a cut wood ruler screwed to the frame with brass screws (later addition, and removeable). It retains its original black backing paper and glass, and this unsigned piece of Victorian folk art is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are secondhand and may have slight signs of gentle use. Surface shipping (securely packaged) to the continental U.S. starts at $16 (other spots may vary) - insured is higher, and mandatory on items over $85 if paid with a credit card. Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US.
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Signed SAILBOAT with MOUNTAINS WATERCOLOUR c1920s-30s
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Pre 1940 item# 758937 (stock# 5727)
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Fiona Kenny Antiques
905-682-0090
$80
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A nicely painted and tranquil 1920s-30s signed watercolour of a sailboat on a lake with islands and distant mountains. This 7-1/8" x 4-1/2" sight size picture is in the original gilt and painted wood embossed 10-1/4" x 7-1/2" frame with a gold mat. It is signed L. Livingston (unidentified), and it is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, fading, tears, staining, foxing, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are secondhand and may have slight signs of gentle use. Surface shipping to the continental U.S. starts at $12 (other spots may vary) - insured is higher, and mandatory on items over $85 if paid with a credit card. Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US.
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1950s FLORAL THEORUM PAINTING ON CLOTH
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Pre 1960 item# 545445 (stock# 5028)
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Fiona Kenny Antiques
905-682-0090
$32
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An attractive theorum, or study, painted on cloth and framed in a gilt frame. This 6-7/8 x 2-7/8" viewable image, in a 7-3/4 x 3-3/4" frame, has a painting of a flower with two extending leafy buds, and it is signed EX. An ink notation on the back states: "DESIGN TAKEN FROM OLD VALENTINE WHICH READ: 'DEAR FRIEND, I VERY MUCH INCLINE, TO CHOOSE YOU FOR MY VALENTINE, THEY SAY YOUR TEMPER IS SO SWEET, YOU PLEASE ALL PERSONS WHOM YOU MEET'". This item is in excellent original condition with no losses, holes, foxing, fading, damage or repairs; there some minor scrapes to the gilding on the edge of the frame. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are secondhand and may have slight signs of gentle use. Uninsured surface shipping starts at $7 (to the US - other spots may vary) - insured is higher, and mandatory on items over $100 if paid with a credit card; credit card items will be shipped to confirmed billing addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US.
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HALFRED TYGESEN COTTAGE SCENE PASTEL c1940
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Pre 1950 item# 524973 (stock# 4975)
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Fiona Kenny Antiques
905-682-0090
$125
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A signed and framed Halfred Tygesen pastel painting c1940. Tygesen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark about 1890, and arrived in Canada c1927 and died in 1951. It is in its original gilt frame, with the original Tygesen gallery information sticker on the back; the total size is 19-1/4" x 23-1/2". This pastel is in excellent original condition with no scrapes, foxing, losses, damage or repairs other than some minor scuffs and scrapes on the frames - the right-hand pastel of the cottage on a hill with walkway is currently available (the other is sold). All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted. Securely packed surface shipping starts at $29 (to the US - other spots may vary) - insured is higher, and mandatory on items over $85 if paid with a credit card. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US.
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Pair WATERCOLOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC PAINTINGS of COUPLE
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Pre 1900 item# 454356 (stock# 4743)
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Fiona Kenny Antiques
905-682-0090
$125 pair
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A beautifully painted pair of framed watercolour photo renderings c1880-1900. They consist of a young man and woman in mid-Victorian dress; each image is done on Victorian photographic print paper and they measure 6-3/4" x 4-3/4". It was common to overpaint old and fading photographs, however these are of such fine quality and detail that they were most likely done from a mirrored projection, another common method of photographic rendering (we can't find any photographic detail under the painting with visual magnification). Each has the legend J. POWELL PHOTO on the image (even the J Powell is over-painted). The frames are an attractive matched pair of gilt painted wood, but are fairly recent in manufacture - the pictures were framed and matted less than 20 years ago. The couple is quite handsome, and they can be your new instant ancestors.... This pair of watercolour portraits is in very good original condition with no losses, damage or repairs other than a faint water stain and a couple of fox marks on the lady and some spots of missing colour on the gentleman (possibly from removal from some old glass to which the photo/picture had adhered). Each has been recently reframed and matted, and the spots on the man could be restored. Surface shipping starts at $18 (to the US - other spots may vary) - insured is higher, and mandatory on items over $85 if paid with a credit card. We do ship internationally.
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19thC BOTANICAL STUDY WATERCOLOUR c1870 MAHOGANY FRAME
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Pre 1900 item# 785931 (stock# 5858)
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Fiona Kenny Antiques
905-682-0090
$195
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An exquisite and original Victorian watercolour botanical study in its original mahogany frame c1860-70. This oval section of the painting measures 9" x 7", and it is a watercolour painting of a moss rose. It has a double mat (possibly original), and the 17" x 15" reeded edge frame has the original patterned gilded interior frame and it has the original 19thC glass. It is unsigned but of lovely quality, and the watercolour is in excellent original condition with no rips, scrapes, fading, foxing, stains, losses, damage or repairs other some slight darkening of the paper. There is an irregular look of the finish in each corner of the frame, which most likely was from someone removing some corner decorative pieces to the frame (leaving a slight roughness to the surface at each corner) and some browning to the mat, which has a pale olive green colour unlike our photographs. There is also a long sliver chip to the frame, visible to the left side of the bottom of the frame. Please note the light reflections in the closeup - these are not creases in the paper, but only a reflection of the photography. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are secondhand and may have slight signs of gentle use. Surface shipping to the continental U.S. starts at $22 (securely packed, other spots may vary, can be shipped without glass) - insured is higher, and mandatory on items over $85 if paid with a credit card. Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. NOTE: we do not accept PayPal.
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EVA BROOK DONLY (Canada 1867-1941) OIL ON CANVAS
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Pre 1910 item# 789904 (stock# 5872)
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Fiona Kenny Antiques
905-682-0090
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An oil on canvas painting depicting a tropical plant sitting atop a brick wall (possibly painted in Mexico) by Eva Brook Donly (Canada 1867-1941). Born in Simcoe, Ontario, she studied under Frederic M. Bell-Smith at Alma College and the School for Artisans New York under John Ward Stinson. She also studied at the San Carlos Academy in Mexico City under Jose M. Pino. Works by this listed artist (Dictionary of Canadian Artists) are on display at the Eva Brook Donly Museum in Simcoe and in the National Gallery of Canada. This painting measures 11-3/4 x 8-3/4" (sight size), it is in a 16 x 13" gilt wood and gesso frame, it is signed E.B. Donly 1908 on the lower right, and it is in excellent original condition with no tears, soiling, fading, losses, damage or repairs other than some bowing of the canvas. This is one of a series of works obtained from the estate of a relative of the artist. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted. Surface shipping to the continental U.S. starts at $18 (other spots may vary) - insured is higher, and mandatory on items over $85 if paid with a credit card. Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. NOTE: we do not accept PayPal.
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FRANZ JOHNSTON GROUP OF 7 CANADIAN OIL PAINTING
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Pre 1950 item# 781879 (stock# 5845)
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Fiona Kenny Antiques
905-682-0090
$48,000
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An important Canadian Group of Seven oil on panel by Francis Hans (Franz) Johnston OSA, ARCA (Canadian, 1888-1949) ARCA, OSA, entitled "Pools of Spring". Born in Toronto, he was a founding member of the renowned Group of Seven, which he left by 1926. He became a principal of the Winnipeg School of Art and later the Ontario College of Art. He changed his signature to "Franz" in 1927 on the advice of a friend. He was the most productive and financially successful of the Group of Seven, painting steadily until he suffered a stroke in 1948. His work shows his love of the Canadian landscape and his fascination with light. His highly sought after works are on exhibition in the McMaster Collection, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada (General Collection and War Gallery Collection), among others. This painting has a sight size of 24" x 20" and the painted frame, which is typical of those used by Johnston, measures 31" x 26-3/4". This painting has an inscription on the back saying "POOLS of SPRING Source of the Oroman Early April by Franz Johnston A.R.C.A." and this work of art has also been authenticated by a leading Toronto fine arts auction house. It is in excellent original condition with no craquelure, rips, soiling, fading, losses, damage or repairs other than a few tiny flecks to the gilt surface of the frame. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted. Shipping and insurance will be arranged with the purchaser. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US.
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