GLOSSARY
The following terms are used in the description of the artists and lots throughout the catalogue:
John Kenneth Esler - artist
ASA, CSGA, CPE, MSA, RCA - associations - see below
[1933 -2001] - date of birth and death of artist
Canadian - nationality
While this is the highest category of authenticity and is in our opinion, a work by the artist, it is made without guarantee as to authorship.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the time requirements, expense and sometimes changing scholarly opinion of some artists’ work, LEVIS can not guarantee authentication on paintings, drawings, graphic art or sculpture created before 1900.
[b.1952] - date of birth of artist
ca. - circa
fl. - flourished in and around this time period
signed/dated/titled - in our opinion, the work has been signed/dated/titled by the artist unless otherwise noted
signed in plate/block - in our opinion the art work was signed/dated/titled by the artist in the plate before printing
bears signature/date/title - in our opinion the signature/date/title is by a hand other than the artist
... on artist's board - commercially manufactured ground and support
... on canvas board - canvas over wood or paper support
... on hard board - wood composite in particle support
... on paper board - paper composite support
... on wood board - wood composite in strand support [i.e. plywood]
... on wood panel - solid single wood support
verso - on the reverse side
archival mat - front mat is of archival material
archival material throughout - work has been examined out of the frame and in our opinion all framing is of archival material
Denglas - glazed with Denglas material
unframed - all work is framed unless noted as unframed
size - size is always height by width (by depth for sculpture) in inches rounded down to the nearest quarter of an inch and to the nearest whole centimetre
Ref: - reference
Prov: - provenance - indicates previous owners either by way of labels and/or other information; not necessarily an indication of present ownership
LOT OF ?? - more than one item in lot
ESTIMATE - an estimate of what the art work may sell for; it is intended as an estimate only
The following abbreviations may have been used in the catalogue for professional associations and societies:
AAF - Alberta Art Foundation / Alberta Foundation for the Arts
ACAD - Alberta College of Art and Design
AFA - Alberta Foundation for the Arts / Alberta Art Foundation
AGA - Art Gallery of Alberta
AFCA - Associate Federation of Canadian Artists [1941]
AGGV - Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario
ANA - Associate of the National Academy of Design, NY, [1825]
AOCA - Associate Ontario College of Art
ARA - Associate of the Royal Academy
ARBA - Associate of the Royal Society of British Artists
ARCA - Associate Royal Canadian Academy of Arts [1880]
ARE - Associate Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers [1880]
ARWS - Associate of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours
ASA - Alberta Society of Artists [1931]
AWCS - American Watercolour Society, New York [1878, founded 1866 as American Society of Painters in Watercolours
BCSA - British Columbia Society of Artists [1949]
CAC - Canadian Art Club [1904-15]
CAS - Contemporary Arts Society [1939-48]
CGP - Canadian Group of Painters [1933-69]
CPE - Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers [1916-76]
CSGA - Canadian Society of Graphic Art [1923-76]
CSPWC - Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolours [1925]
CSQ - Conseil de la Sculpture du Quebec [1978]
Dict. - Dictionary
FCA - Federation of Canadian Artists [1941]
FPSA - Fellow of the Photographic Society of America
IAF - Figurative Art Institute
MMFA - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts [1880]
MSA - Manitoba Society of Artists [1925]
NA - National Academy of Design, NY, [1825]
NEAC - New English Art Club
NGC - National Gallery of Canada
NSSA - Nova Scotia Society of Arts [1922-1972]
NWS - National Watercolour Society
NYWCS - New York Water Colour Club [1890-1941]
OC - Officer of the Order of Canada
OIP - Ontario Institute of Painters, Toronto [1958]
OSA - Ontario Society of Artists [1872]
OWS - Old Watercolour Society, London
PDCC - Print and Drawing Council of Canada [1976]
PSC - Pastel Society of Canada
RA - Royal Academy [1768]
RBA - Royal Society of British Artists [1887]
RCA - Royal Canadian Academy of Arts [1880]
RE - Royal Society of Painter-Etchers & Engravers [1880]
RHA - Royal Hiberian Academy
RI - Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours [1831]
RIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects, London [1834]
RMS - Royal Miniature Society
RPE - Royal Society of Painters and Etchers
RSA - Royal Scottish Academy [1826]
RSW - Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours
RWS - Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours [1804]
SCA - Society of Canadian Artists [1868-72]
SFCA - Senior Federation of Canadian Artists [1941]
SGA - Society of Graphic Art, Toronto [1912, founded c. 1903 as GAC, CSGA from 1923]
SSC - Sculptors’ Society of Canada [1928]
SWE - Society of Wood Engravers [1919]
VAG - Vancouver Art Gallery
WIAC - Women’s International Art Club, London [1899]