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Lot 3: Margaret Shelton, St. Georges Church Banff 196/200

Est: $600 CAD - $800 CADSold:
4th Meridian Fine ArtPenticton, BC, CAMarch 28, 2020

Item Overview

Description

Margaret Shelton was born on a farm near Bruce, a small town east of Edmonton, Alberta and grew up in Drumheller Valley. Her parents were both English and her father had relocated to Canada to practice law. Shelton showed talent from an early age, producing a few successful drawings in grade school. She was encouraged by both her parents and teachers to pursue her artistic talent. In 1933-34, Shelton attended Normal school (a teacher’s college in Calgary), and also took evening classes at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art (PITA). Here she was fortunate enough to study drawing and painting with a dream team of teachers and mentors; A.C. Leighton, Henry Glyde and W.J. Phillips. Each of these men would shape her approach to imagery, and Phillips would introduce her to woodblock printing. Shelton attended all of her classes at PITA on scholarship, and attended the Banff School of Arts by way of a benefactor’s gift of partial tuition. Shelton often struggled with lack of funds; taking temporary teaching jobs and living with various family members to make ends meet. Often she lived on money made from selling her work as Christmas cards. After graduation, Shelton taught in schools on and off and also worked as a commercial artist at an advertising agency in Toronto for six months while she lived with her sister. However, she seemed dissatisfied with those careers and soon turned to full-time painting and printmaking. Shelton was a prolific artist, creating hundreds of prints in her lifetime, although she is best known for her intricate and deeply coloured woodcut and linocut prints. She had a deep passion for nature and a talent for capturing rural beauty. Shelton’s works captured different facets of Alberta life; churches, barns, homesteads and landscapes. Her works are found the collections at the National Gallery and the Glenbow Museum in Calgary. She exhibited with the Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers (CPE), the Canadian Society of Graphic Art (CSGA) and the Calgary Sketch Club.

Dimensions

4.5" x 5.75"

Medium

linocut in six colours on paper

Date

1978

Condition Report

This piece is in excellent condition, with bright colours and no blemishes or foxing. Please email for a detailed condition report.

Provenance

Private Collection: Penticton, BC

Notes

Signed, numbered, titled and dated.

Payment & Shipping

Payment

Accepted forms of payment: MasterCard, Money Order / Cashiers Check, Paypal, Visa, Wire Transfer

Shipping

Payment: Payment should be made in full within ten days following the sale by email transfer, cheque, cash, bank draft, PayPal, Visa or MasterCard, unless other arrangements have been made with the auctioneer prior to the sale.

Packing & Shipping: At 4th Meridian, we are pleased to provide clients with packing and shipping. All packing and shipping is done in house at the expense of the purchaser, ie. you. If you are the successful bidder on one or more lot(s), you will receive email notification as such.

Auction Details

March Fine Art and Collectibles Auction

by
4th Meridian Fine Art
March 28, 2020, 02:00 PM PST

104-1475 Fairview Rd, Penticton, BC, V2A 7W5, CA

Terms

Buyer's Premium

20.0%

Bidding Increments

From:To:Increment:
$0$99$5
$100$499$10
$500+$25

Extended Bidding

5 minutes/bid

Terms and Conditions

1. The total purchase price of each lot shall include the successful hammer price of the lot together with a buyer's premium of 20% on top of the hammer price.

2. A Goods and Services Tax (GST) of 5% and 7% Provincial Sales Tax (PST) will be charged on the hammer price and buyer's premium for B.C. residents. Goods shipped out of province are taxed at the local rate for the recipient.

3. Although 4th Meridian's online auctions takes great care and diligence in cataloguing of lots offered for auction, all property is sold "as is" and neither we nor our consignors or agents make any warranties or representations as to the correctness of the catalogue entry or other descriptions contained therein, of the physical conditions, size, authenticity, or quality. Prospective bidders should inspect the property before bidding to determine the condition, size, and whether the purchaser acquires any reproduction rights in the property.

4. Notwithstanding the preceding condition, if the purchaser can provide, within 14 days of the sale of any lot, written opinion from at least two recognized and acknowledged experts or authorities that the said lot was incorrectly described, and if the purchaser returns the said lot within 14 days after such notice in the same condition as sold, we, as agent for the consignor, will rescind the sale and refund the purchase price.

5. We reserve the right to withdraw any property, catalogued or otherwise, up to, and including the moment of sale.

6. We reserve the right to reject any bid. The highest bidder at automatic close of auction will be the Buyer. In the event of a dispute between bidders, or in the event of doubt on the part of 4th Meridian's online auctions as to the validity of any bid, 4th Meridian's online auctions will have the final discretion either to determine the successful bidder or to re-offer and resell the article in dispute. If any dispute arises after the sale has been concluded, 4th Meridian's online auction sale record is conclusive.

7. With the close of the auction time limit, title to the lot being offered will pass to the highest bidder number, subject to the conditions set forth herein. The successful bidder thereupon will pay the full purchase price plus buyer's premium (20%) plus GST plus PST and assume full risk and responsibility for the said lot. At no time will 4th Meridian, nor its employees nor agents, be liable for any loss or damage of any kind whether caused by negligence or otherwise. All property must be removed by the purchaser at his or her expense no later than five business days following its sale unless arrangements are made directly with 4th Meridian's online auction representatives.

8. Payment in full must be made within 48 hours of the sale. Credit cards will be charged after approval of final amount, or sale can be finalized by Visa, or Mastercard, unless other arrangements have been made with 4th Meridian's online auction prior to the sale.

9. All currency figures are in Canadian dollars.

Payment and Shipping

Payment: Payment should be made in full within ten days following the sale by email transfer, cheque, cash, bank draft, PayPal, Visa or MasterCard, unless other arrangements have been made with the auctioneer prior to the sale.

Packing & Shipping: At 4th Meridian, we are pleased to provide clients with packing and shipping. All packing and shipping is done in house at the expense of the purchaser, ie. you. If you are the successful bidder on one or more lot(s), you will receive email notification as such.

Payment and Shipping

Payment: Payment should be made in full within ten days following the sale by email transfer, cheque, cash, bank draft, PayPal, Visa or MasterCard, unless other arrangements have been made with the auctioneer prior to the sale.

Packing & Shipping: At 4th Meridian, we are pleased to provide clients with packing and shipping. All packing and shipping is done in house at the expense of the purchaser, ie. you. If you are the successful bidder on one or more lot(s), you will receive email notification as such.