The Jacques Laperriere Auction - Fall 2008
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2008
This remarkable collection of original paintings of four early Ottawa hockey legends by artist Carleton “Mac” McDiarmid includes dual portraits of Cyclone Taylor, Punch Broadbent, King Clancy and Hooley Smith. Hockey’s original superstar, Taylor had a brief and very successful stay in Ottawa early in his Hall of Fame career as a member of the 1909 Stanley Cup champion Senators. A key component of the NHL’s first dynasty, Broadbent was the prototypical power forward as he claimed three Stanley Cups with the Ottawa Senators in the early-1920s before adding another with the Montreal Maroons in 1926, his fourth title in seven years. Hall of Fame center Reginald “Hooley” Smith had 200 goals and 215 assists in 716 NHL regular season games. Smith began his 17-year NHL career with Ottawa and won his first Stanley Cup with the Senators in 1927 before moving on to star with the Montreal Maroons, with whom he won his second Cup in 1935. Smith played one season with Boston before finishing his remarkable career with the New York Americans. All four paintings were done on 14 1/2” x 20” professional illustration board, each signed by the artist,“Mac ‘92”.
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