Doris Jean Mccarthy

Lot # 067 Doris Jean McCarthy CSPWC OC OSA RCA 1910 - 2010 Canadian Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories oil on canvas signed and on verso titled, dated 1984 on the gallery label and inscribed "84022" 40 x 54 in 101.6 x 137.1cm Provenance: Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto Private Collection, Toronto Literature: Doris McCarthy, The Good Wine: An Artist Comes of Age, 1991, page 158 "Twice a day at Pangnirtung the tide came in, bringing with it a flotilla of ice floes that sailed up the fiord like a regatta of small bergs. As the tide ebbed, they went back to sea, their restless movement keeping me in a constant state of excitement." Doris McCarthy's words from the first of three memoirs remind us of her passion and commitment to the full-time artist's life that she longed for and finally achieved, after retirement from a 40-year career as a memorable and beloved art teacher. Soon after that retirement in 1972, McCarthy headed out on the first of many painting trips to the Arctic, starting with Pond Inlet, only later recalling in her diary that it had been her sixty-second birthday the day she had a harrowing fall into a frozen creek. This fine 1984 scene of one of her favourite painting sites clearly demonstrates that nothing could stop McCarthy from continuing her explorations of the great Canadian landscape and the high Arctic.

Lot # 158 Doris Jean McCarthy CSPWC OC OSA RCA 1910 - 2010 Canadian East from the Jasper By-Pass watercolour on paper signed and on verso titled and inscribed "830417C, PP, 3494" 15 x 22 1/2 in 38.1 x 57.1cm Provenance: Private Collection, Ontario Estimate: $2,500 ~ $3,000 CAD Preview at: Heffel Gallery Montreal

Lot # 545 Doris Jean McCarthy CSPWC OC OSA RCA 1910 - 2010 Canadian Jean's Beach, Gaspè watercolour on paper signed and on verso titled and inscribed "520812" 15 1/2 x 22 in 39.4 x 55.9cm Provenance: C. Gutenberg Gallery, Toronto Private Collection, Vancouver Estimate: $2,500 ~ $3,500 CAD Preview at: Heffel Fine Art Auction House Vancouver

LOT 117 DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY, O.S.A., R.C.A. THE TIP OF THE ICEBERGS, 1995, oil on canvas, signed 36" x 48"; 90 cm x 120 cm Auction Estimate: $20000 / $25000 Provenance: Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto. Private Collection, Toronto. Literature: William Moore, Celebrating Life: The Art of Doris McCarthy, The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, 1999, page 205; page 165, reproduced in colour. Perhaps McCarthy’’’’s most coveted motif, her Arctic landscapes are full of geometrical depth and blends of muted and vibrant colours. In “Tip of the Icebergs (1995)” McCarthy displays her virtuosity, using several shades of blue without paling the magnitude of the iceberg. The artist retired from teaching in 1972 and made her first Arctic trip to Pond Inlet, Resolute Bay, Eureka and Grise Fiord in Nunavut. In later trips McCarthy also painted in Alaska, Yukon, Greenland, Antarctica, Newfoundland and Labrador. McCarthy's iceberg illustrations are often compared to those of Lawren Harris; in the chapter entitled “Heart of Vision”, William Moore writes: “In the monumental arctic visions of Lawren Harris, we confront dense and dramatic portraits of the surfaces of the north. These are idealized structures and through them we feel the idea of place---but we see it from afar. McCarthy's skilful compositional manoeuvres invite us to enter, share and wander within the experience of the artist. We share her place; her structures surround us and we enter into a communion not only with the landscape but also with the artist.”

Lot # 105 Doris Jean McCarthy CSPWC OC OSA RCA 1910 - 2010 Canadian The Covered Bridge at Corner of the Beach, PQ oil on board signed indistinctly and on verso signed, titled and dated July 25, 1946 on a label 11 1/2 x 13 1/2 in 29.2 x 34.3cm Provenance: The World of Antiques, Toronto Private Collection, British Columbia Please note: the proceeds from this lot will go to SHARE Family & Community Services. Estimate: $3,000 ~ $5,000 CAD Preview at: Heffel Fine Art Auction House Vancouver