Past Auctions
Works of MILDRED VALLEY THORNTON (click here for Bio)
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MILDRED VALLEY THORNTON
FRSA (Canadian, 1890 - 1967 )
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Tsimshian Totem Pole, Kitwanga, B.C |
Watercolour |
16" x 11" (40.64 x 27.94cm.) |
Signed lower right (unframed) |
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Provenance: |
Estate of the artist |
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Sold for: |
$ 984 |
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2015 - Important Canadian & International Art - March 29th, 2015 |
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MILDRED VALLEY THORNTON
FRSA (Canadian, 1890 - 1967 )
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Coastal Landscape |
Watercolour |
8.5" x 11.5" (21.59 x 29.21cm.) |
Signed lower right |
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$ 738 |
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2015 - Important Canadian & International Art - March 29th, 2015 |
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MILDRED VALLEY THORNTON
FRSA (Canadian, 1890 - 1967 )
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Woodland |
Watercolour |
6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86cm.) |
Estate authentication verso |
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$ 726 |
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2014 - September Important Canadian & International Works of Art - September 28th, 2014 |
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MILDRED VALLEY THORNTON
FRSA (Canadian, 1890 - 1967 )
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Arthur Joe, Duncan, B.C. |
Oil on board |
24" x 18" (60.96 x 45.72cm.) |
Signed & titled verso |
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Provenance: |
Estate of the artist |
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Sold for: |
$ 5400 |
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2016 - Canadian & International Art - December 11th, 2016 |
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MILDRED VALLEY THORNTON
FRSA (Canadian, 1890 - 1967 )
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Dock at New Westminster |
Watercolour |
13.5" x 9.5" (34.29 x 24.13cm.) |
Signed lower right; titled verso (unframed) |
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Provenance: |
Estate of the artist |
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Proceeds from the sale of this work will go towards funding the production and publication of "Owas-Ku-Esk-Ean: The First Nations Portraits of Mildred Valley Thornton, FRSA (1890-1967)." This catalogue raisonne of almost 300 portraits of First Nations elders painted over a career of nearly 50 years, will provide an important glimpse into, and historical record of, an emerging nation that was in danger of losing touch with its cultural traditions and crafts. |
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Sold for: |
$ 907.50 |
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2014 - Important Canadian & International Works of Art - March 23, 2014 |
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MILDRED VALLEY THORNTON
FRSA (Canadian, 1890 - 1967 )
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Coastal Inlet |
Watercolour |
8" x 9.5" (20.32 x 24.13cm.) |
Signed lower right |
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$ 514.25 |
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2013 - Important Canadian & International Works of Art - December 8, 2013 |
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MILDRED VALLEY THORNTON
FRSA (Canadian, 1890 - 1967 )
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North Vancouver Church below the Lions |
Watercolour |
6" x 8.5" (15.24 x 21.59cm.) |
Signed lower right |
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Sold for: |
$ 885 |
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2013 - Important Canadian & International Works of Art - December 8, 2013 |
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MILDRED VALLEY THORNTON
FRSA (Canadian, 1890 - 1967 )
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Extensive Interior Landscape |
Watercolour |
10" x 14" (25.4 x 35.56cm.) |
Signed lower right (unframed) |
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Provenance: |
Estate of the artist |
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Sold for: |
$ 1053 |
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2013 - Canadian & International Works of Art - March 24th, 2013 |
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MILDRED VALLEY THORNTON
FRSA (Canadian, 1890 - 1967 )
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Three Totems |
Watercolour |
15" x 11" (38.1 x 27.94cm.) |
Signed lower left |
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Sold for: |
$ 1170 |
Auction: |
2013 - Canadian & International Works of Art - March 24th, 2013 |
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MILDRED VALLEY THORNTON
FRSA (Canadian, 1890 - 1967 )
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Scene on the Alberni River |
Oil on canvas |
23" x 30" (58.42 x 76.2cm.) |
Signed lower left; titled on label verso |
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Sold for: |
$ 2750 |
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2012 - Important Canadian & International Art - December 16, 2012 |
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