Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Winter 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/28/2023
Longtime members of the New York Rangers during the 1930s which included winning a Stanley Cup championship in 1940, Art Coulter and Neil Colville are also honoured members of the Hockey Hall of Fame. This large and unique original painting of Coulter by noted artist Carleton McDiarmid served as the original artwork for the 1983 Cartophilium Hall of Fame postcard set, and it is accompanied by a framed original painting of Colville by "Mac", signed by Neil and personalized to McDiarmid. First, the Coulter painting is 15" x 20" and executed on artist board, with both a full body and portrait image expertly depicted in watercolour. There is paint testing along the margins and no condition issues, with Mac signing within the middle left. The Colville painting is approx 8" x 10 (exposed), with the star Blueshirt wonderfully shown, with Colville signing along with a personalization of "To Mac, my best regards". Matted and framed to full dimensions of 16" x 20", there are no condition issues visible.
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