Gordon Appelbe Smith, Winter Forest M, 2004

Description

acrylic on canvas

signed lower right; titled on the reverse of the frame; titled and dated 2004 on a gallery label on the reverse

50 × 90 in (127.0 × 228.6 cm)

Provenance:

Equinox Gallery, Vancouver

Canadian Corporate Collection

Literature:

Ian M. Thom and Andrew Hunter, Gordon Smith: The Act of Painting, Vancouver, 1997, pages 122, 126
Robin Laurence, "The Grand Synthesizer: Gordon Smith and the Tradition of Painting" in Border Crossings, September 2014

Condition

Condition Report requests can be submitted to condition_request@cowleyabbott.ca

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Gordon Appelbe Smith, Winter Forest M, 2004

Lot 0011

Estimate CA$70,000-CA$90,000May 27, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT

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Alfred Joseph Casson, Rapids on the Madawaska - at Palmer Rapids, circa 1975: oil on board signed lower right; signed, titled and inscribed "The property of my wife. A.J. Casson" on the reverse 12 × 15 in (30.5 × 38.1 cm) Provenance: Private Collection, Toronto View Details

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Frederick Horsman Varley, Evening Light, The Kootenays: oil on panel signed lower left; titled, Varley inventory no. 431 and inscribed "Mountain Scene, B.C." on the reverse 12 × 15 in (30.5 × 38.1 cm) Provenance: Origine Beaux Arts, Montreal, 1972 Beam

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Arthur Lismer, Shoreline, Georgian Bay, 1928: oil on board signed lower right; dated 1928 on the reverse; titled on a gallery label on the reverse; titled on three labels on the reverse of the frame 8.5 × 10.5 in (21.6 × 26.7 cm) Provenance:

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