Lot 194: Harold Gilman (1876-1919), HALIFAX HARBOUR SCENE (SKETCH FOR A MAJOR PAINTING), CIRCA 1918, Pen and black ink on paper; signed lower right, Full Sheet 11.75" x 17" — 29.8 x 43.2 cm.

HAROLD GILMAN (1876-1919), BRITISHHALIFAX HARBOUR SCENE (SKETCH FOR A MAJOR PAINTING), CIRCA 1918Pen and black ink on paper; signed lower rightFull Sheet 11.75" x 17" — 29.8 x 43.2 cm.Provenance:Ex. Coll. of Dr. Herman H. Levy, 1979;Private Collection, Hamilton, ONLiterature:Susan Gibson-Garvey, Jeffrey J. Spalding, Atlantica: the view from away, Dalhousie Art Gallery, 2004Wyndham Lewis & Louis F. Fergusson, Harold Gilman An Appeciation, London, 1919Note:This sketch was created while the artist was in Halifax in 1918. Gilman was on commission by Lord Beaverbrook to depict the Halifax Harbour. During his trips to sketch the harbour, Gilman was accompanied by the Canadian artist Arthur Lismer.Gilman made a number of studies of Halifax Harbour and its shipping. The National Gallery of Canada holds a pen and ink drawing by Gilman of Halifax Harbour (no. 14840), executed in 1918 that is similar to the pointillist style of this lot.Estimate: $800—1,200