Cottage; Summer; A Dream (from “Mountain Cloud”) by Thoreau MacDonald
Thoreau MacDonald
Cottage; Summer; A Dream (from “Mountain Cloud”)
three ink drawing
“Cottage” (ink drawing; initialed in the lower right subject, inscribed “Mountain Cloud” and indistinctly in the lower margin); “Summer” (ink drawing; initialed in the lower left subject; titled in the lower margin and inscribed “Mountain Cloud” in the lower margin); “A Dream” (ink drawing; initialed in the upper left subject; titled, numbered “XVII”, and inscribed “new drawing” and “Mountain Cloud” in the lower margin)
3 x 4.5 ins ( 7.6 x 11.4 cms ) ( each subject )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $1,652.00
Sale date: September 12th 2018
Private Collection, Ontario
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Thoreau MacDonald
(1901 - 1989) Canadian Group of Painters
Thoreau MacDonald, illustrator, designer and painter, was born in Toronto in 1901. A self-taught painter, Thoreau worked alongside his father J.E.H. MacDonald. Colour blindness forced him to work mainly in black and white palettes. He illustrated for the Ryerson Press and the Canadian Forum magazine during the 1920s and 30s, a period when Canadian illustrated prints flourished. In general, his subject matter paralleled his father’s, though he tended to favour Ontario farmscapes.
