Margaret Shelton CPE (1915-84)
Margaret Shelton was a committed artist, best known for her intricate linocut prints as well as her watercolour and oil paintings.
Yellow Poplar, Banff, 1952 (pulled 1979), linocut and woodcut in six (6) colours, 5.25 x 4 inches (13 x 10 cm), blocks: six; one woodblock (fir), five linoblocks, edition 200, provenance: Calgary Collection, framed, $2400.00 Cdn.
Rockpool, Banff Golf Course, 1939, linocut in one colour (green), 3.5 x 5 inches (9 x 12 cm), provenance: BC Collection, framed, $1595.00 Cdn.
Lumberyard in Banff, 1938 (rare), linoblock/paper, 4.75 x 5.75 inches (12 x 14.4 cm), framed, Note: l.r. inscribed (M Shelton); #4 in Patricia Ainslie, Margaret Shelton Block Prints 1935-1984, Glenbow Museum, 1985; considered L.C. Fulmer Lumberyard. Provenance: private collection; $1950.00 Cdn.
Administration Building, Banff, 1941 (rare), ed. 50, linoblock/paper, 4.25 x 5.5 inches, framed, Note: l.r. inscribed (Shelton); Tudor Gothic architectural style, built in 1935, therefore six years old at the time Shelton produced this block print; #48 in Patricia Ainslie, Margaret Shelton Block Prints 1935-1984, Glenbow Museum, 1985; Provenance: artist's estate, $1300.00 Cdn.
Moffat's Barns (Banff), 1942, linocut in one colour, 4.75 x 6 inches (12 x 15 cm), #62 in Patricia Ainslie, Margaret Shelton Block Prints 1935-1984, Glenbow Museum, 1985, provenance: artist's estate, $1950.00 Cdn.
Palos House (end piece), c.1947, linoblock, reproduced as tailpiece/endpiece in "Joe Wallace Poems" (1981), framed, $600.00 Cdn.
Creek From Cairns (end piece), 1948 (rare), linoblock, 1.5 x 5.25 inches (3.9 x 13.6 cm), framed, $700.00 Cdn.
Spruce Roots #1 (end piece), c.1947, linocut/paper, 1.5 x 4.75 inches (3.8x12.4 cm), framed, $500.00 Cdn.
Banff Springs Golf Clubhouse, 1938 (rare), linoblock/paper, 4 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches (11.7 x 14.5 cm), framed, Note: #5 in Patricia Ainslie, Margaret Shelton Block Prints 1935-1984, Glenbow Museum, 1985; now Waldhaus (Banff Springs Hotel); Provenance: private collection; $1750.00 Cdn.
Excelsior Mine, Wayne, 1946 (rare), linoblock, 2.25 x 5 inches (6.1 x 13.2 cm), framed, $1500.00 Cdn.
untitled (trees), July 25, 1935, pen & ink, unsigned (certified by Shelton estate, /paper, 10 x 12 inches (25.5 x 30.5 cm), $1200.00 Cdn.
untitled (trees), July 27, 1936, pen & ink /paper, unsigned (certified by Shelton estate), 10 x 12 inches (25.5 x 30.5 cm), $1200.00 Cdn.
Portrait, n.d., charcoal on paper, 13 x 10 inches (33 x 25.5 cm), signed l.r., $800.00 Cdn.
Barn At Seebe, 1975, linoblock on paper, 3 x 6.5 inches (8 x 17 cm), sold.
Mount Rundle in Winter, 1978, woodcut and linocut in eight colours, 6.75 x 11.5 inches (17.5 x 29.3 cm), sold.
Knox United Church, Calgary, 1941, linoblock on paper, 3.75 x 5 inches, Description: inscribed l.l. (Shelton); #49 in Patricia Ainslie, Margaret Shelton Block Prints 1935-1984, Glenbow Museum, 1985; Provenance: private collection; sold.
Centre Street Bridge, Calgary, 1940 (rare), linoblock, 4.25 x 5 inches (11.1 x 12.9 cm), sold.
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