Lot 41: KATHLEEN MOIR MORRIS, A.R.C.A., DAIRY COWS AT PASTURE, ELLIOTT FAMILY FARM NEAR MARSHALL'S BAY, ONTARIO, oil on panel, 12 ins x 14 ins; 30.5 cms x 35.6 cms

KATHLEEN MOIR MORRIS, A.R.C.A.DAIRY COWS AT PASTURE, ELLIOTT FAMILY FARM NEAR MARSHALL'S BAY, ONTARIO, oil on panel; signed 12 ins x 14 ins; 30.5 cms x 35.6 cms Exhibited: Kathleen Moir Morris, RCA, Loan Exhibition, Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal, June 1976, no.4Literature: Frances K. Smith, Kathleen Moir Morris, exhibition catalogue, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, 1983, page 22.Note: From the 1920s to the 1970s the artist spent two months each summer at Marshall's Bay near Arnprior at the family cottage. Smith quotes the artist's nephew thus: "...Kay painted the Elliott cows so often she got to know their daily routine...at the same time every day, say noon, they would wander down to the creek for a drink. Then...they would all amble over to one of their favourite spots for an afternoon rest...Kay was always ready to paint the cows during this lazy period." Smith adds, "She herself recollected these years in 1976: 'I love to paint animals. I think cows are just beautiful but they're awfully hard to paint. They've got bumps and lumps. And the flies! They love the smell of paint. They don't go all over the cows, they go all over you!'"This lot is accompanied by a letter from the artist's niece describing the subject and dating the painting to circa 1930.