December Auction of Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction) Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our December Auction of Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction) which concluded on December 12, 2018. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
LOUISE SCOTT
Girl in a Striped Hat
oil on canvas
signed lower left
7 x 5 ins ( 17.8 x 12.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Royal Canadian Academy Catalogues (1919, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1963 & 1966)
six exhibition catalogues
Catalogue of the 41st Exhibition of the Royal Canadian Academy (Toronto, November 20th to December 20th, 1919);
Royal Canadian Academy 78th Annual Exhibition Catalogue (Toronto, November 15th to December 15th, 1957);
Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts 74th Annual Exhibition (Toronto, November 27, 1953 to January 10, 1954);
Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts 81st Annual Exhibition Catalogue (Toronto/Ottawa, November 26, 1960 through March 5, 1961);
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts 83rd Annual Exhibition Catalogue (Toronto/St. John’s/Kingston, January 11th through April 28th, 1963);
R.C.A. 87th Annual Exhibition (Toronto/Ottawa/Sarnia, October 28, 1966 through February 4, 1967)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $80.00 - $120.00
Price Realized $159.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
GRAHAM NOBLE NORWELL
Cabin in Winter
watercolour
signed lower right
6 x 7.5 ins ( 15.2 x 19.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $75.00 - $125.00
Price Realized $153.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
HUGUES DE JOUVANCOURT
Maurice Cullen
book
numbered “106/160” on a colour serigraph by Lorne Bouchard within the volume; within the original slipcase
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Jean Paul Lemieux; Jean-Paul Riopelle; Alberta Rhythm: The Later Work of A.Y. Jackson
three books
“Jean Paul Lemieux” (Marie Carani, Musée du Québec, Quebec, 1992; in the original slipcase); “Jean-Paul Riopelle” (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, 1991); “Alberta Rhythm: The Later Works of A.Y. Jackson” (Dennis Reid, The Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $150.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Canadian National Exhibition catalogues (1927; 1935; 1936; 1938 & 1939)
five exhibition catalogues
Catalogue of Fine, Graphic and Applied Arts of Salon of Photography, Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, August 27th to September 10th, 1927);
Canadian National Exhibition, Catalogue of the Arts (Toronto, August 23rd to September 7th, 1935);
Canadian National Exhibition Catalogue of the Arts (Toronto, August 28th to September 12th, 1936);
Canadian National Exhibition Arts Catalogue (Toronto, August 26th to September 10th, 1938);
Canadian National Exhibition, Catalogue of the Arts (Toronto, August 25th to September 9th, 1939)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $75.00 - $125.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
RENÉ DESPRÉS
Abstraction
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1988 lower right; signed and dated on the reverse
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
GRAHAM CANTIENI
Ocean Landscape
pastel
signed and dated 1991 lower right; unframed
29.5 x 41.5 ins ( 74.9 x 105.4 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
DAVIDIALUK ALASUA AMITTU
Hunting Caribou by Kayak
stonecut
inscribed “Davidialuk/Louise Quatsalik”, titled, dated 1977, numbered 32/40, inscribed “Povungnituk” and inscribed in syllabics in the lower margin
7.5 x 9.5 ins ( 19.1 x 24.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
THOMAS WILBERFORCE MITCHELL
Cows Wandering
watercolour
signed lower right
5.5 x 3.5 ins ( 14 x 8.9 cms ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Beauty in a Common Thing: The Drawings and Prints of L.L. Fitzgerald; Jack Shadbolt: Act of Art; Painting Place: The Life and Work of David B. Milne; Independent Spirit: Early Canadian Women Artists
four books
“Beauty in a Common Thing: The Drawings and Prints of L.L. Fitzgerald (Christine Lalonde, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2004); “Jack Shadbolt: Act of Art” (Jack Shadbolt, Toronto, 1981); “Painting Place: The Life and Work of David B. Milne (David P. Silcox, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1996); “Independent Spirit: Early Canadian Women Artists” (A.K. Prakash, Richmond Hill, 2008)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Defiant Spirits; Jack Shadbolt; The Visual Arts in Canada-The Twentieth Century; Visions of British Columbia-A Landscape Manual; Gordon Smith-The Act of Painting; Emily Carr
six books
“Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven” (Ross King, Vancouver, 2010); “Jack Shadbolt” (National Gallery of Canada, 1969); “The Visual Arts in Canada: The Twentieth Century” [Whitelaw, Foss & Paikowsky (eds.), Don Mills, 2010); “Visions of British Columbia: A Landscape Manual” (Vancouver Art Gallery, 2009); “Gordon Smith: The Act of Painting” (Ian Thom & Andrew Hunter, Vancouver Art Gallery, 1997); “Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon” [Hill, Lamoureux & Thom (curators), National Gallery of Canada/Vancouver Art Gallery, 2006]
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Canadian National Exhibition catalogues (1925; 1931; 1934; 1935 & 1939)
five exhibition catalogues
Canadian National Exhibition Catalogue of Paintings, Graphic Art and Photography (Toronto, August 29th to September 12th, 1925);
Catalogue of the Arts, Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, August 28th to September 12th, 1931);
Catalogue of the Arts, Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, August 24th to September 8th, 1934);
Canadian National Exhibition, Catalogue of the Arts (Toronto, August 23rd to September 7th, 1935);
Canadian National Exhibition Catalogue of the Arts (Toronto, August 25th to September 9th, 1939)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $75.00 - $125.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
The Sharp Tailed Grouse
colour silkscreen
signed in the plate lower right; a description from Canada Malting Co. Limited included; unframed (matted)
8.5 x 10 ins ( 21.6 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
THOMAS HARRISON WILKINSON
Fishing Village
watercolour
signed lower right
12.5 x 20 ins ( 31.8 x 50.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Watercolours & Drawings (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- 20th Century Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- The Collection of Joe & Anita Robertson (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
- Bidding in a Winter Wonderland (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
- An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
- Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
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- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
- Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
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- Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Toronto: Represented and Abstracted (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Auction to Benefit NSCAD (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Artwork from a Private Collection (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
- Little Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
- Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 15, 2023
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 15, 2023
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- The Art of Europe (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
- Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
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- An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
- Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
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- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
- Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
- The Group of Seven & Their Associates (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
- April Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
- Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
- Select Canadian Prints (Online Auctions)
- Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
- Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 21, 2023
- Peaks to Prairies: Art of Western Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 21, 2023
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 21, 2023
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 28, 2023
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 28, 2023
- Canada & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 28, 2023
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
- Canadian Winter (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
- Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
- Books & Reference (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
- From the Estate of William Ronald (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
- Holiday Charm (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 13, 2022
- Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 13, 2022
- An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
- Sale Closed: December 1, 2022
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- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art (Session 1)
- Sale Closed: December 1, 2022
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- Canadian Group of Painters (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
- Fall Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
- Post-War & Contemporary Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
- Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
- October Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
- Little Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
- La belle province (Art of Quebec) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
- Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
- Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
- Prints & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
- Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
- The Art of Barbara Mercer (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
- Cities & Towns (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
- Spring Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 28, 2022
- From the Estate of Robert Markle (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 28, 2022
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: June 15, 2022
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- Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 31, 2022
- Post-War & Contemporary Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 31, 2022
- April Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 19, 2022
- Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 19, 2022
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 19, 2022
- Inuit and First Nations Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 22, 2022
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 22, 2022
- Canada & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
- Post War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 1, 2022
- Canadian Winter (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 1, 2022
- Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 1, 2022
- Works on Paper, Books & Tapestries (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Holiday Charm (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Fall Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Auction to Benefit the Art Gallery of Alberta (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2021
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- October Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- Little Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
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