Thoreau MacDonald
(1901 - 1989) Canadian Group of Painters
Previously Sold Works
THOREAU MACDONALD
Northern Lights (and four drawings)
ink and wash
Lot of 5 drawings : “AYJ Pere Raquette”,ink, 4.75 x 6.5 in, Untitled (design for Canadian stamp), pencil, 3 x 2 in, Die Eil [sic] Koenig, pencil, 3.25 x 5 in, Go Home Lake 1978, ink and wash, 6.25 x 10.25 in
6 x 9 ins ( 15.2 x 22.9 cms )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Untitled (Blue Jay) (and four drawings)
ink and wash
Lot of 5 drawings: Rapids at Night, ink and wash, 2 x 4.75 in, Black Duck,1977, ink and wash 7.25 x 12 in, Untitled (Canada Goose) 1977, ink and wash, 6.25 x 10.25 in, Untitled (Shoreline),ink, 3 x 4.25 in
5.75 x 9.75 ins ( 14.6 x 24.8 cms )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Tom Thomson Litho (and four ink drawings)
ink and lithograph
Lot of 4 drawings and one Lithograph: Christian Island 1978, ink and wash, 7.25 x 12.5 in, S.S. Teresa, ink and wash, 5.25 x 9.75 in, Untitled (House at Thornhill) ink, 3 x 4.75 in, The Tug, Home Ride, ink and wash, 5.25 x 9.75 in. Lithograph of a drawing of Tom Thomson signed in pencil, 9x7.5 in.
9 x 7.5 ins ( 22.9 x 19.1 cms )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Fall Evening, Thornhill (and four drawings)
ink and wash
Lot of 5 drawings: Mink, Georgian Bay, 5.75’’ x 10’’, A Shower, 6’’ x 10.75’’, Untitled (Road) 1970 5.5’’ x 10’’, Untitled (Horses Grazing) pencil on paper, 3’’ x 5’’
6 x 10.25 ins ( 15.2 x 26 cms )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Black Spruce
sampson matthews silkscreen
artist name and title printed in the lower margin; a Sampson Matthews label on the reverse; unframed
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Anchor Post and Fox
ink and wash
signed with initials and titled lower left; dated 1970 lower right
5 x 9.25 ins ( 12.7 x 23.5 cms )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Winter Morning
sampson matthews silkscreen
inscribed “Supervised by A.J. Casson” lower right in ballpoint pen
20.5 x 27 ins ( 52.1 x 68.6 cms )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Fishing Under Log Bridge Near Thornhill; Farmer Hoeing; Rabbit and Flying Bird
three ink sketches (framed together)
each signed with initals; some damage present, sold as is and not subject to return
3 x 4.25 ins ( 7.6 x 10.8 cms ) ( each sight )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Three Horses in a Field
pencil sketch
initialed lower right
3 x 6.75 ins ( 7.6 x 17.1 cms ) ( sight )
THOREAU MACDONALD
The Plough
sampson matthews silkscreen
There is a vertical crease present at the left half of the composition, running from the upper to lower edge, sold “as is” and not subject to return; unframed
20 x 30.25 ins ( 50.8 x 76.8 cms ) ( sheet )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Canada Geese; Rapids at Night III
charcoal drawings (2) and books
“Canada Geese” [charcoal drawing; signed, titled and dated 1974; 5.5 ins x 9.5 ins (subject)]; “Rapids at Night” [charcoal drawing; signed with initials, titled and dated 1974; 5 ins x 9.5 ins (subject)]; sold together with six volumes related to Thoreau MacDonald (”Some Tools of the Pioneers”, 1936; “Dame Wiggins of Lee and her Seven Wonderful Cats”; “Thoreau’s Tales”, 2002; “54 Old Houses”, 1964; “Birds and Animals: Second Series”, 1973; “House and Barn”)
5 x 9.5 ins ( 12.7 x 24.1 cms )
THOREAU MACDONALD
Morning Lake; Northern Summer; Harvest; Autumn-Farmhouse
four lithographs
“Morning Lake” (lithograph, signed and dated 1925 in the lower left margin; printed title and artist’s name lower right margin; subject 5.5 ins x 6.75 ins); “Northern Summer” (lithograph, signed and dated 1927 in the lower left margin; printed title and artist’s name lower right margin; subject 5.25 ins x 6.5 ins); “Harvest” (lithograph, signed and dated 1926 in the lower left margin; printed title and artist’s name lower right margin; subject 5.5 ins x 7 ins); “Autumn Farmhouse” (lithograph, signed and dated 1925 in the lower left margin; printed title and artist’s name lower right margin; subject 5.5 ins x 6 ins)
5.5 x 6 ins ( 14 x 15.2 cms ) ( smallest )
Thoreau MacDonald Biography
(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.
