FREDERICK SIMPSON COBURN

"Untitled: Winter Logging Scene", signed and dated (19)27 lower right, oil on canvas, 39.4 x 50.8cm (15 1/2 x 20in); housed inside an exquisite antique gilt frame, outside dimensions 57.2 x 69.9cm (22 1/2 x 27 1/2in); Provenance: private collection, London, included is a 1980 valuation from Robertson Galleries, Ottawa for $16,000; Note: this painting has been in the same family for multiple generations and has never been exposed for sale on the open market; Frederick Simpson Coburn, Canadian, 1871-1960, a prominent early 20th century Quebec painter whose work has been widely exhibited across the country, and perhaps best known for his horse and oxen drawn sleds in the Laurentian and Eastern Townships