Provenance

Estate of the Artist, Montreal
Morris Gallery, Toronto
Peter Regenstreif, Los Angeles
By descent to a Private Collection, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
Heffel, auction, Toronto, 20 November 2024, lot 111
Private Collection, Toronto

Literature

Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by the Late Helen G. McNicoll, RBA, ARCA, Art Association of Montreal, 1925, reproduced, unpaginated
Helen McNicoll: Oil Paintings from the Estate, Part Two, Morris Gallery, 1976, titled as Mediterranean Port, reproduced, unpaginated
Natalie Luckyj, Helen McNicoll: A Canadian Impressionist, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1999, reproduced page 8 and listed page 78
Samantha Burton, Helen McNicoll: Life & Work, Art Canada Institute, 2017, referenced page 23

Exhibited

Art Association of Montreal, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by the Late Helen G. McNicoll, RBA, ARCA, November – December 1925, catalogue #19
Morris Gallery, Toronto, Helen McNicoll: Oil Paintings from the Estate, Part Two, February 7 – 21, 1976, titled as Mediterranean Port, catalogue #20
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Helen McNicoll: A Canadian Impressionist, September 10, 1999 – January 2, 2000, catalogue #3

Helen McNicoll, one of the most notable female artists in Canada, achieved considerable international success during her decade-long career. Deaf from the age of two, McNicoll was esteemed for her sunny Impressionist representations of rural landscapes, intimate child subjects, and sunbathed coastal scenes. McNicoll played an important role in popularizing Impressionism in Canada at a time when it was still relatively unknown. Before her early death, she was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists in 1913 and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1914.