Items

• Odalisque
  Portrait of a woman, done in a Cubist style, resting on a beach chair with a large potted plant near her feet.
• Cyclamen
  First proof of a black lino-cut print of cyclamens
• Landscape
  Lino-cut print of a landscape using geometric forms in red and black
• Still Life
  Lino-cut print of a still life with fruit, a wine glass and a candle on top of a table
• Europa and the Bull VI - Ocean Bound
  Zeus, disguised as a Bull, carries an unconscious Europa away to the sea. He is depicted as half-God, half-beast.
• Saskia as Flora, after Rembrandt
  Filer's rendition of Rembrandt's painting Flora, featuring Rembrandt's wife Saskia van Uylenburgh as the goddess Flora.
• Conversation Piece 2/1
  Print depicting two women, one nude and the other clothed, conversing over a dinner table. Rendered in Filer's Neo-Cubist style.
• Landscape
  Small geometric landscape in black, white and red showing a grouping of conical trees against a distant mountain. Part of a small series of similar landscapes.
• Bathsheba
  Bathsheba dries off from her bath on a high-walled rooftop, surrounded by attendants. King David watches her from afar.
• Still Life
  Lino-cut print of a still life with fruit, a wine glass and a candle on top of a table
• Untitled
  Acrylic black and red painting of a female nude on newspaper. Painting done at Federation of Canadian Artists Studio Beaverhill, Montreal.
• Untitled
  Acrylic black, red and green painting of a nude on newspaper. Painting done at Federation of Canadian Artists Studio Beaverhill, Montreal.
• Untitled
  Ink portrait of a woman with her left arm resting on a cabinet. Sketch from Mary Filer's time in Miami, Florida in late 1952.
• Tasha, Beatrice and Pups. Pomona Studio, London.
  Ink drawing of a nude female seated in a chair surrounded by five poodles on the ground.
• Untitled
  Mary Filer had a prolific career with a wide range of subjects rendered in an impressive variety of mediums. Her extensive figure drawings display her skill in capturing emotion and gesture as well as her exploration and control with the materials she used. The bold colours and gestural lines of this portrait are contrasted with the calm, contemplative expression of the figure. This anonymous portrait is a testament to her playful exploration in material and expressive portraits.
• Untitled
  A self-portrait of Mary Filer in a black dress and hat.
• Ömer and Neclâ Humbaraci
  Ink & watercolor portrait of Ömer and Neclâ Humbaraci, a mother and son, dated May 26th, 1958, London. They are pictured in an interior next to a coffee table. The fashions of the era are on display with the woman's elaborately patterned skirt.
• Jacqueline and Josep Arsenault, Sunday, October 26, 1969
  A 1969 watercolour painting of a couple, Jacqueline and Joseph Arsenault, seated in front of a piano.
• Mary and Tasha, London
  Self-portrait of Mary Filer in Elizabethan dress, likely a recreation of Elizabeth I's 1592 portrait. Her poodle Tasha appears seated on a stool in the bottom left corner.
• Velasquez Lady
  Portrait of Eleanor Of Toledo (titled 'Elinora De Toledo') who was a Spanish noblewoman and Duchess of Florence in the mid 16th century. Mary's painting is based on a Agnolo Bronzino portrait from 1559.
• Cho-Huh, Li M.D.
  Portrait in oils titled 'Cho-Huh, Li M.D.' (a misspelling of Choh Hao Li) depicts the famous biochemist reading at a desk while a white cat watches him work.On the right side there's a bank of what appears to be recording equipment or scientific instruments.
• Untitled
  Portrait of a woman in side profile. She is posed against ornate wallpaper and a vase of flowers.
• Untitled
  Ink line drawing self-portrait of Mary Filer. Mary, appearing in a picture frame flanked by two candles, looks directly at the viewer with a placid expression. Notably, she is wearing an earing that appears to be a face which, like Mary, also stares out at the viewer.
• Irene Lemon
  Watercolour portrait of Irene Lemon from 1944. Irene is seated against a white backdrop with various objects around her feet, including a candle, a bowl, and a vase of dried flowers.
• Herbert Nsubuga Buganda, London
  An ink sketch from a series of portraits of Ugandan students studying in London: Kito Kasule, Mary Francis Musoke, and the one featured here, Herbert Nsubuga Buganda.