Rivière du Diable, 1939

Oil on board

20 x 24 in
50.8 x 61 cm

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Sold

Inscriptions

signed, 'G. Roberts' (lower right); signed and inscribed 'G. Roberts / Price $150.' (verso, upper left); with an unfinished oil portrait of a woman (verso).

Provenance

Private collection, Ottawa.

Libby's of Toronto, Toronto;

Acquired from the above by the present owner, November 1997.

Exhibitions

Montreal, Dominion Gallery, G. Roberts, 27 March - 8 April 1943, cat no. unknown;
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Goodridge Roberts: A Retrospective Exhibition, travelling exh., Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 14 August - 7 September 1969; Charlottetown, Confederation Art Gallery and Museum, 5 - 26 October 1969; Hamilton, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 9 - 30 November 1969; Quebec, Musée du Quebec, Quebec, 14 December 1969 - 4 January 1970; London, Ontario, London Public Library and Art Museum, 18 January - 8 February 1970; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 13 March - 12 April 1970, cat. no. 30, p. 76

Literature

James Borcoman, et. al., Goodridge Roberts: A Retrospective Exhibition (exh. cat.), (Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1969), cat. no. 30, as "Oil on plywood" and "Private collection, Ottawa".