Post-War & Contemporary Art
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ROSS PENHALL
Nine Steps
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 2002 on the reverse
30 x 52 ins ( 76.2 x 132.1 cms )
Estimated: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Next bid is: $9,000.00
Closes April 23rd at 02:15:00 PM EDT
CHARLES GAGNON
Nul etat...(TLNTS)
mixed media
signed and dated 1981 on the reverse; signed, titled, dated and inscribed “Charles Gagnon Montreal 1981” on the reverse
20.5 x 16 x 4.75 ins ( 52.1 x 40.6 x 12.1 cms ) ( overall )
Estimated: $18,000.00 - $22,000.00
Next bid is: $15,000.00
Closes April 23rd at 02:15:00 PM EDT
JOE FAFARD
Cow
ceramic
initialed on the underside; sold together with the artist book “Joe Fafard” (Terrance Heath, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2007) signed by the artist and the author on the title page
10 x 4 x 6 ins ( 25.4 x 10.2 x 15.2 cms ) ( overall )
Estimated: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Current bid: $4,000.00Next bid is: $4,200.00
Closes April 23rd at 02:15:00 PM EDT
ROBERT MARCHESSAULT
Sahal
oil on board
signed, titled and dated 2007 on the reverse; titled and dated to a gallery label on the reverse
30 x 30 ins ( 76.2 x 76.2 cms )
Estimated: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Current bid: $1,200.00Next bid is: $1,300.00
Closes April 23rd at 02:15:00 PM EDT
YEHOUDA CHAKI
Creation No. 29
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1964 lower right; titled on the gallery label on the reverse
28 x 20 ins ( 71.1 x 50.8 cms )
Estimated: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Next bid is: $1,800.00
Closes April 23rd at 02:15:00 PM EDT
RONALD WILLIAM BOLT
Pyramid of the Sun, Maya V
oil on board
signed and dated 1971 upper right; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
36 x 36 ins ( 91.4 x 91.4 cms )
Estimated: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Next bid is: $1,500.00
Closes April 23rd at 02:15:00 PM EDT
ERNESTINE TAHEDL
Island Memories II
three acrylics on canvas (triptych)
signed and dated 1988 lower right; signed, titled and dated January 1988 to the artist label on the reverse
55 x 88 ins ( 139.7 x 223.5 cms ) ( overall (triptych) )
Estimated: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Current bid: $900.00Next bid is: $950.00
Closes April 23rd at 02:15:00 PM EDT
RAYMOND VICTOR CATTELL
Sound of the Wind Turn
acrylic on canvas
signed lower right; titled to a label on the reverse
36 x 46 ins ( 91.4 x 116.8 cms )
Estimated: $300.00 - $500.00
Current bid: $200.00Next bid is: $210.00
Closes April 23rd at 02:15:00 PM EDT
GORDON MACNAMARA
Plant Forms; Untitled (Plant Study)
two acrylics on board
- “Plant Forms” signed and titled to an exhibition label on the reverse; 30 x 24 ins;
- “Untitled (Plant Study)” 24 x 31 ins.
24 x 31 ins ( 61 x 78.7 cms ) ( largest artwork )
Estimated: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Next bid is: $800.00
Closes April 23rd at 02:15:00 PM EDT
LYNN DONOGHUE
John in a Persian Dream
oil and charcoal on canvas
signed, titled and dated “November 1977” on the reverse; unframed
53.5 x 66 ins ( 135.9 x 167.6 cms )
Estimated: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Next bid is: $500.00
Closes April 23rd at 02:15:00 PM EDT
NORMAN LALIBERTÉ
Good Luck
oil on paper mounted on canvas
signed and dated 1996 lower middle right and lower middle left; signed, titled and dated to the stretcher on the reverse
42 x 78 ins ( 106.7 x 198.1 cms )
Estimated: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Next bid is: $1,000.00
Closes April 23rd at 02:15:00 PM EDT
WILLIAM JOHN BERTRAM NEWCOMBE
Three People
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled, dated “January 1955”, inscribed “Toronto” and “578/64” on the reverse; unframed
19.75 x 24 ins ( 50.2 x 61 cms )
Estimated: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes April 23rd at 02:15:00 PM EDT
IVAN KENNETH EYRE
Nude in Red
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1968 lower left; unframed
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Estimated: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Next bid is: $4,000.00
Closes April 23rd at 02:15:00 PM EDT
HAROLD KLUNDER
Ideal and Actual (Self-Portrait)
ink on card
signed and dated 2002 lower left; titled and dated on the reverse; Harold Klunder’s address in Flesherton, Ontario, Canada on a label on the reverse
9 x 6 ins ( 22.9 x 15.2 cms )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $400.00
Closes April 23rd at 02:15:00 PM EDT
BARBARA MCGIVERN
It’s Too Late, Babe
acrylic and gold leaf on canvas
signed and titled with estate stamp (SMS #40) on the reverse; unframed
42 x 42 ins ( 106.7 x 106.7 cms )
Estimated: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Next bid is: $1,000.00
Closes April 23rd at 02:15:00 PM EDT
MOE REINBLATT
Floral Abstraction
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1976 lower left
9.75 x 17.75 ins ( 24.8 x 45.1 cms )
Estimated: $200.00 - $400.00
Current bid: $100.00Next bid is: $110.00
Closes April 23rd at 02:15:00 PM EDT
WILLIAM KURELEK
Madonna and Child with Flowers
gouache on paper on board
signed lower left; inscribed with the artist’s name, title, “No. 2” and William Kurelek’s former address in London, UK on the reverse of the frame
18.75 x 23.5 ins ( 47.6 x 59.7 cms )
Estimated: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Next bid is: $13,000.00
Closes April 23rd at 02:30:00 PM EDT
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