The 84th Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists. Art Gallery of Toronto. February 17th - March 18th, 1956. (Including: Bertram Brooker Memorial Exhibition).
Toronto. The Ontario Society of Artists. 1956. Soft cover. oblong8vo, 17x 23cm, 44p., with c.50 illustrations, colour illustrated wraps, numerous annotations in pencil throughout including rear wrapper, Courtice name in red on the upper cover, contemporary newspaper clipping pinned to rear endpaper, wrapper edges worn, bottom half wrap split at the spine, very good, - with 5 colour illustrated chirstmas cards (4 signed "Alex'), 2 address envelopes, and 2 note paper sized sheets with full notations, one is a conté drawing of a shell, one sepia, one back, presumable by Courtice - a very interesting annotated association copy. (agc) Includes a Bertram Brooker (1885-1955) Memorial Exhibition, with list of works, in his honour. An interesting association copy belonged to artist Rody Kenny Courtice with her annotations, the exhibit including one of her paintings. Laid in are a series of five cards addressed to the Courtice's with four signed by A.Y. Jackson (signed "Alex" and "Uncle Alex".) Rody Kenny Courtice (born Roselyn Margaret Kenny; 1891 1973) was a Canadian painter and teacher. She was associated with the Group of Seven early in her career, but later moved away into a more individualistic style. She was active in associations of artists and worked for the professionalization of their occupation. Item #39916
Price: $500.00