Lot 142: David Brown Milne 1882 - 1953 Canadian colour

David Brown Milne 1882 - 1953 Canadian colour drypoint on Whatman wove paper St. Michael's Cathedral 7 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches 18.7 x 21.3 centimeters signed and editioned 16/53 and on verso inscribed 'E267 State V, 11 Prints"" and on the backing inscribed variously by Carl Fellman Schaefer Literature:Rosemarie L. Tovell, Reflections in a Quiet Pool, The Prints of David Milne, National Gallery of Canada, 1980, page 202, state VII reproduced page 202, and the different states described page 203 David Milne Jr. and David P. Silcox, David B. Milne: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings Volume 2: 1929 - 1953, 1998, the 1940 watercolour entitled St. Michael's Cathedral 1, in the collection of the Owens Art Gallery at Mount Allison University, Sackville, reproduced page 709, catalogue #401.49, the 1940 watercolour entitled St. Michael's Cathedral II, in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, reproduced page 710, catalogue #401.50 and the 1943 canvas entitled St. Michael's Cathedral III, in the collection of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, reproduced page 819, catalogue #404.15 Provenance:Collection of Carl Fellman Schaefer, Toronto By descent to the present Private Collection, Ontario From February to May of 1943, David Milne executed seven states in colour drypoint within an edition of 53 representing St. Michael's Cathedral, located at Bond and Shuter Streets in Toronto. He had already produced two watercolours of this image in 1940 while in Toronto, both now in public collections. In May of 1943, he produced a canvas of this image, which is now in the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Rosemarie Tovell describes this print as "perhaps the masterpiece of all the colour drypoints.....Drypoint line and burr elegantly and harmoniously articulate the style of neo-gothic architecture."