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.
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
September Gale: A Study of Arthur Lismer (John A.B. McLeish); The Growth of Canadian Painting (Donald W. Buchanan); Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr (Clarke Irwin); Group of Seven Drawings (Paul Duval)
four books
“September Gale: A Study of Arthur Lismer” (John A.B. McLeish, J.M. Dent and Sons, Canada, 1955, signed by Arthur Lismer and presented in the original dust jacket); “The Growth of Canadian Painting (Donald W. Buchanan, Collins, London and Toronto, 1950); “Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr” (Clarke, Irwin & Company Ltd, Toronto/Vancouver, 1966, presented in the original dust jacket); “Group of Seven Drawings” (Paul Duval, Burns and MacEachern Limited, Toronto, 1965, presented in the original dust jacket)
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Auction Estimate: $125.00 - $175.00
Price Realized $472.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
A Painter’s Country (A.Y. Jackson); West by East (J.E.H. & Thoreau MacDonald); Country Hours (Locke); A Canadian Art Movement (F.B. Housser)
four books
“A Painter’s Country: the autobiography of A.Y. Jackson” (A.Y. Jackson, Clarke, Irwin & Company Ltd, Canada, 1963, presented in the original dust jacket); “West by East & Other Poems by J.E.H. MacDonald” (J.E.H. MacDonald, with drawings by Thoreau MacDonald, The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1933, presented in the original dust jacket); “Country Hours” (Clarke Locke, illustrations by Thoreau MacDonald, The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1959, presented in the original dust jacket and book signed by the author); “A Canadian Art Movement: The Story of the Group of Seven” (F.B. Housser, The MacMillan Company of Canada, Toronto, 1974, presented in the original dust jacket)
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Auction Estimate: $125.00 - $175.00
Price Realized $472.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BRUCE LE DAIN
Harbour Lookout, Stonington, Maine
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “Oct. 1979” on the reverse
12 x 19.75 ins ( 30.5 x 50.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $472.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
FLORENCE HELENA MCGILLIVARY
Cheville, Near Paris, France (Canal Houses in Brittany)
coloured chalks
signed lower left
10.5 x 15.5 ins ( 26.7 x 39.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $443.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
LOUIS DE NIVERVILLE
The Old Set
mixed media and collage on board
signed (twice) on the reverse; titled on a piece of tape on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $443.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Selection of 9 Artworks
mixed media
“Reclining Model with Red Wine”- etching; signed, titled, dated “17 March 1982”and inscribed “Second Test Print” in the lower margin (20 ins x 26 ins); “Girl with Red Wine”- etching; signed within the plate; signed, titled, dated 1982 and inscribed “A/P” in the lower margin (25.5 ins x 18 ins); “Woman with Black Scarf”- ink and watercolour; signed and dated “17.2.92” lower left, inscribed “w/c 1-17-2-92” lower right (19.5 ins x 15.5 ins); “Train to Stanley Mountain”- oil on paper; signed and dated “09” lower left, titled and dated “7.8.09” in the lower margin (14.75 ins x 16.75 ins); “Striped Bra”- monotype; signed titled and dated 1984 in the lower margin, inscribed “28-11-84” lower right (17 ins x 14 ins); “Lido Series”- monotype; signed, titled and dated 1984 in the lower margin, inscribed “1-12-84” lower right (17 ins x 14 ins); “Seated Woman at Table”- pastel; signed and dated 1979 lower left (18.75 ins x 25 ins); “Model with Folded Arms”- pastel; signed and dated 1979 at the lower edge (26 ins x 19.75 ins); “Woman in Striped Scarf”- conte; signed and dated “16 May 1978” lower left (24.75 ins x 18.75 ins); all unframed
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Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $413.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Selection of 8 Artworks
mixed media
“Woman with Red Wine”- etching; signed within the plate (25.25 ins x 18 ins); “Lowther St. Toronto”- ink drawing; signed, titled and dated “30 September 1973” lower right (24 ins x 17 ins); Model with Hoop Earrings”- ink and watercolour; signed lower left, dated “6.7.93” lower right (24 ins x 19 ins); “Tow Women”- oil on paper; signed and dated 2009 lower right, inscribed “2-11-2009” in the lower margin (14.75 ins x 15.5 ins); “Lido Series”- monotype; signed, titled and dated 1984 in the lower margin, inscribed “9” and “6-12-84” at the lower edge (17 ins x 14 ins); “Red Wine”- monotype; signed, titled and dated 1984 in the lower margin, inscribed “29-11-84” at the lower edge (17 ins x 14 ins); “Calgary 1979, View From My Balcony”- charcola; signed lower right, titled lower left, inscribed “No 2 30 April 79 1st Charcoal” at the lower edge (18.75 ins x 25 ins); “Woman in White Coat”- pastel; signed and dat “5 March 1978” lower left (24.75 x 19 ins); all unframed
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Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $413.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
FRANÇOIS CARBU
Retour de la pêche au clair de lune (Bretagne)
oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
18 x 21 ins ( 45.7 x 53.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $413.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
GARY SLIPPER
Ceremonial
mixed media on board
signed lower left
18 x 14 ins ( 45.7 x 35.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $413.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
ROBERT HEARD WHALE
Princess Point, Hamilton
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and dated ‘99 on the reverse
8 x 13.5 ins ( 20.3 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $384.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
WILLARD MORSE MITCHELL
The Seigniory Club at Montebello, P.Q.
two watercolours
“The Main Entrance Gate to the Seigniory Club at Montebello, P.Q. - Canada” (signed lower right; dated 1943 and inscribed “Situated in the famous Laurentian Mountains, this gate is built mostly of large, peeled logs” & “This is a genuine watercolour and a hand carved frame by W.M. Mitchell” on the reverse of the framing);
“One of the Fronts to the Log Cateau of the Seigniory Club at Montebello, P.Q. Canada” (typed inscriptions “overlooking several miles of the beautiful Ottawa Valley and river. The Chateau is situated in the famous Laurentian Mountains, not far from Montreal. This building is built mostly of large, peeled Cedar logs brought from the cedar forests of British Columbia. Roads of romance, in this colourful province of Quebec, lead the motorist to the Log Chateau and its 80,000-acre vacationland.” & “This is a genuine water color and a hand carved frame by Willard M. Mitchell” on the reverse of the framing)
3.75 x 4.5 ins ( 9.5 x 11.4 cms ) ( each sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $384.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
NORMAN LALIBERTÉ
The First Lover
oil on paper
signed and dated 1992 to the right
26 x 12 ins ( 66 x 30.5 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $384.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
Previous Auctions
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- 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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