Edwin Headley Holgate

Lot # 132 Edwin Headley Holgate AAM BHG CGP CSGA G7 RCA 1892 - 1977 Canadian Drying Fish, Mutton Bay oil on panel on verso titled and dated 1932 on the gallery label and inscribed "Edwin Holgate did this sketch when he was in Mutton Bay, Quebec in the Summer of 1932" by Frances Holgate on a label 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in 21.6 x 26.7cm Provenance: Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal Private Collection In 1932, Edwin Holgate was based in Montreal with a studio on Saint Catherine Street West. As with all the Group of Seven members (although Holgate was a late joiner in 1929), he had a love of landscape and sketching directly on site. His visit to Mutton Bay was tied to a 1932 trip to Labrador in which he also visited Natashquan in Quebec. Mutton Bay was an inaccessible fishing village located farther east along the north shore of the St. Lawrence. In such a remote place, simple and traditional ways such as drying fish in the sun would have caught Holgate's attention. His interest in rural themes included working people such as lumberjacks, fishermen, fire rangers and farm workers, who were portrayed with empathy in his prints and paintings. The only other Group member who painted figuratively to any extent was Frederick Varley. Drying Fish, Mutton Bay is a fascinating time capsule of traditional rural life in Quebec; everyday activities carried out peacefully on a radiant summer day rich in atmosphere.

Lot # 009 Edwin Headley Holgate AAM BHG CGP CSGA G7 RCA 1892 - 1977 Canadian Mother and Child oil on canvas on board 14 x 12 in 35.6 x 30.5cm Provenance: Estate of Edwin Holgate, Montreal By descent to Mary Frances Holgate's nephew, Quebec Private Collection, Toronto This painting hung in Edwin and Frances Holgate's Westmount and Morin Heights homes, their Westmount apartment and then in Frances's seniors residence. The consignor proceeds for this work will go to benefit the Jewish Family & Child Service of Greater Toronto. Estimate: $6,000 ~ $8,000 CAD Preview at: Heffel Fine Art Inc. Toronto

Lot # 507 Edwin Headley Holgate AAM BHG CGP CSGA G7 RCA 1892 - 1977 Canadian A Portrait Study charcoal on paper circa 1935 initialed and on verso titled on the gallery label 13 3/4 x 11 in 34.9 x 27.9cm Provenance: Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal The Art Emporium, Vancouver Private Collection, Calgary Exhibited: Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal, E. Holgate Drawings, 1970 Estimate: $2,500 ~ $3,500 CAD Preview at: Heffel Fine Art Auction House Vancouver

Lot # 320 Edwin Headley Holgate AAM BHG CGP CSGA G7 RCA 1892 - 1977 Canadian A Portrait Study charcoal on paper circa 1935 initialed and on verso titled on the gallery label 13 3/4 x 11 in 34.9 x 27.9cm Provenance: Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal The Art Emporium, Vancouver Private Collection, Calgary Exhibited: Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal, E. Holgate Drawings, 1970 Estimate: $3,500 ~ $4,500 CAD Preview at: Heffel Fine Art Auction House Vancouver

Lot # 011 Edwin Headley Holgate AAM CGP CSGA G7 RCA 1892 - 1977 Canadian The Crier wood engraving 1927 initialed in the plate 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in 13.3 x 9.5cm Provenance: Private Collection, Vancouver Literature: Ian M. Thom, The Prints of Edwin Holgate, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1989, reproduced catalogue #31, unpaginated Estimate: $1,000 ~ $1,500 CAD Final bid: $500 CAD Preview at: Heffel Fine Art Auction House Vancouver