Buried in a Toronto-area backyard for more than three decades, a cache of ten works by Group of Seven founding member J.E.H. MacDonald has been newly rediscovered and donated to the Vancouver Art Gallery.
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Sketch for Cattle by the Creek, c. 1918 oil on paperboard
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Sketch for The Elements, c. 1916
oil on paperboard
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of Ephry and Melvin Merkur Vancouver Art Gallery
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Sketch for Leaves in the Brook, c. 1919 oil on paperboard
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of Ephry and Melvin Merkur Vancouver Art Gallery
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Sketch for Wild River, c. 1919
oil on paperboard
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of Ephry and Melvin Merkur Vancouver Art Gallery
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Sketch for Falls, Montreal River, c. 1920 oil on paperboard
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Sketch for The Lonely North, c. 1913
oil on paperboard
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Sketch for Mist Fantasy, c. 1922
oil on paperboard
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Untitled (Algoma), c. 1915
oil on paperboard
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of Ephry and Melvin Merkur
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Untitled (Batchawana Rapids), c. 1919 oil on paperboard
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of Ephry and Melvin Merkur Vancouver Art Gallery
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Sketch for Tangled Garden, c. 1916
oil on paperboard
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of Ephry and Melvin Merkur Vancouver Art Gallery
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