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Lot #1339

Artist: Richard Floethe ~ [1901-1988] German/American

#1339 ~ Floethe - Blue Dress
Lot #1339

Artist: Richard Floethe ~ [1901-1988] German/American

Reference: listed on www.artprice.com; Floethe was born in 1901 in Essen, Germany. He attended Realschule in Pyrmont and Pedigogium Oberrealschule in Gissen. He studied art in Munich, Dortmund, Weimar and the Bauhaus. He specialized in graphic arts and was commissioned to do a large mural at the International Exposition in Cologne in 1928. After the completion of the mural, he sailed to the United States. He has illustrated numerous books including books by his wife, Louise.

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Lot #1340, Lot #1341

Artist: Emil Ganso ~ [1895-1941] American

#1340 ~ Ganso - Winter Creek
#1341 ~ Ganso - Still Life with Fish
Lot #1340, Lot #1341

Artist: Emil Ganso ~ [1895-1941] American

Reference: biography in Dict. des Peintres, Sculpteurs et Graveurs, by E.Benezit, Tome 4, pg.151

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Lot #1342, Lot #1343, Lot #1344, Lot #1345, Lot #1346

Artist: Donald Harvey ~ [1930-2015] Canadian RCA

#1342 ~ Harvey - Banble  #1/6
#1343 ~ Harvey - Black, Green and Blue  #7/15
#1344 ~ Harvey - Getting Close  #10/25
#1345 ~ Harvey - Night Shade  #13/25
#1346 ~ Harvey - Nightscape I  #1/20
Lot #1342, Lot #1343, Lot #1344, Lot #1345, Lot #1346

Artist: Donald Harvey ~ [1930-2015] Canadian RCA

Reference: biography in Art in Victoria 1960/1986, by N.Tuele, A.G.G.V.; and other examples in Donald Harvey - The Carmanah Valley Experience, N.Tuele, A.G.G.V., 1993; also listed in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.2, pg.39, Westbridge Pub., 2000

Lot #1347

Artist: George Bruce Head ~ [1931-2009] Canadian

#1347 ~ Head - Cross Section  #29/40
Lot #1347

Artist: George Bruce Head ~ [1931-2009] Canadian

Reference: biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.2, pg.43, Westbridge Pub., 2000; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.180 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.168; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #1348, Lot #1349

Artist: Tom Hopkins ~ [1944-2011] Canadian

#1348 ~ Hopkins - Witness #16 [Woman]
#1349 ~ Hopkins - Illusion  #III/XXV
Lot #1348, Lot #1349

Artist: Tom Hopkins ~ [1944-2011] Canadian

Reference: Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.2, pg. 59, Westbridge Pub., 2000; represented by Mira Godard, Toronto; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #1351

Artist: Deryk Houston ~ [20th century] Canadian

#1351 ~ Houston - Winter Memories  #3/30
Lot #1351

Artist: Deryk Houston ~ [20th century] Canadian

Reference: biography and another example in Artists of British Columbia, by S.Morys-Edge, pg.57, Chartwell Pub. 1986; listed in Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artist's Files, by C.Campbell, pg.346, NGC, 1999

Lot #1352

Artist: Victoria Hutson Huntley ~ [1900-1971] American

#1352 ~ Huntley - Gardenia
Lot #1352

Artist: Victoria Hutson Huntley ~ [1900-1971] American

Reference: biography available at http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/low/artjul99.htm

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