Lot 94: PEGI NICOL MACLEOD, FLORAL STILL LIFE, watercolour and pencil, 16 ins x 13.25 ins; 40.6 cms x 33.7 cms

PEGI NICOL MACLEODFLORAL STILL LIFEwatercolour and pencilinscribed "Pegi to Madge 1942" 16 ins x 13.25 ins; 40.6 cms x 33.7 cms Provenance:Private Collection, New BrunswickPrivate Collection, Toronto (a gift from the previous owners in 2002)Literature:Laura Brandon, Pegi by Herself: The Life of Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Canadian Artist, McGill/Queens University Press, Montreal/Kingston, 2005, page 199-124.Note:This lot is inscribed to Madge Smith of Fredericton, New Brunswick. Pegi visited Fredericton for the first time in 1940 and then returned every summer thereafter. She quickly became an active part of the local art community which included Madge Smith, a photographer and shop owner, who Laura Brandon describes as "presiding over her small emporium selling crafts and pictures and entertaining visitors over tea and coffee." Pegi and Madge "took an instant liking to one another that developed into a lasting friendship (see fig 9.3, page 120 for a photograph of Pegi and Madge in front of the shop).Estimate: $1,500-1,800

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