ART FOR WAR AND PEACE

The story of Sampson-Matthews Ltd. by Ian Sigvaldason and Scott Steedman, describing the largest public art project in Canadian history launched at the start of WWII, it lasted 22 years and cost tens of millions of dollars; the exquisite, large size silkscreens were based on designs by Canada’s greatest artists including David Milne, Emily Carr, B.C. Binning, Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Tom Thomson, J.W. Morrice and Clarence Gagnon - in near pristine condition; Special Note: the previous lot by Ruth Pawson is reproduced in this book