Lot 63: FREDERICK ARTHUR VERNER, O.S.A., A.R.C.A., OJIBWAY CAMP AT NORTHWEST ANGLE, LAKE OF THE WOODS, watercolour, 11.5 ins x 23 ins; 29.2 cms x 58.4 cms

FREDERICK ARTHUR VERNER, O.S.A., A.R.C.A.OJIBWAY CAMP AT NORTHWEST ANGLE, LAKE OF THE WOODSwatercoloursigned and dated 1902 11.5 ins x 23 ins; 29.2 cms x 58.4 cms Provenance:Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, MontrealDouglas Udell Gallery, EdmontonPrivate Collection, EdmontonLiterature:Joan Murray, The Last Buffalo: The Story of Frederick Arthur Verner, Painter of the Canadian West, Pagurian Press, Toronto, 1984, page 53-62.Note:Joan Murray notes that it was on his first trip west in 1873 that "Verner drew five very important sketches of Indians from life.” They were to become sources to which he would refer again and again. Murray describes the 1873 trip west as "the most important event of (Verner's) life.” This watercolour is closely based on one of those sketches, now in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. The 1874 oil painting of this subject which is nearly identical to this lot, Ojibway Camp of the North West Angle of the Lake of the Woods was sold by Waddington’s in November 2015 fetching $94,400. The Northwest Angle of Lake of the Woods is the northernmost part of the lake contiguous to the United States and, as such, served as a contentious area in treaties defining the international border of this "fifth" Great Lake.Estimate: $12,000–15,000