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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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J.E.H. MacDonald Sketch for Cattle by the Creek, c. 1918 oil on paperboard Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of Ephry and Melvin MerkurVancouver Art Gallery

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J.E.H. MacDonald Sketch for The Elements, c. 1916 oil on paperboard Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of Ephry and Melvin MerkurVancouver Art Gallery

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J.E.H. MacDonald Sketch for Leaves in the Brook, c. 1919 oil on paperboard Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of Ephry and Melvin MerkurVancouver Art Gallery

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J.E.H. MacDonald Sketch for Wild River, c. 1919 oil on paperboard Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of Ephry and Melvin MerkurVancouver Art Gallery

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J.E.H. MacDonald Sketch for Falls, Montreal River, c. 1920 oil on paperboard Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of Ephry and Melvin MerkurVancouver Art Gallery

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J.E.H. MacDonald Sketch for The Lonely North, c. 1913 oil on paperboard Collection of the Vancouver Art GalleryGift of Ephry and Melvin MerkurVancouver Art Gallery

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J.E.H. MacDonald Sketch for Mist Fantasy, c. 1922 oil on paperboard Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of Ephry and Melvin MerkurVancouver Art Gallery

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J.E.H. MacDonald Untitled (Algoma), c. 1915 oil on paperboard Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of Ephry and Melvin Merkur

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J.E.H. MacDonald Untitled (Batchawana Rapids), c. 1919 oil on paperboard Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of Ephry and Melvin MerkurVancouver Art Gallery

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J.E.H. MacDonald Sketch for Tangled Garden, c. 1916 oil on paperboard Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Gift of Ephry and Melvin MerkurVancouver Art Gallery

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