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.
CLARE BICE
Harbour Scene
oil on board
titled and dated on an artist’s label with artist’s stamp on reverse
23.75 x 35.75 ins ( 60.3 x 90.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
TYE PALLECK
San Cristobal Las Casas
oil on canvas
signed lower right and titled upper right
24 x 21 ins ( 61 x 53.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
JAMES FENWICK LANSDOWNE
Pied-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus Podiceps)
graphite drawing
9.25 x 8.75 ins ( 23.5 x 22.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
ALFRED PELLAN
Sire Tobie Belch
colour serigraph
signed, titled, dated 1971 and numbered 50/100 in the lower margin; unframed
25.75 x 20 ins ( 65.4 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $275.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $283.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Ontario Society of Artists exhibition catalogues (1922; 1923; 1926; 1937; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1951; 1955; 1957; 1961; 1962 & 1967)
thirteen exhibition catalogues
O.S.A. Catalogue of the Fiftieth Exhibition (Toronto, 1922);
O.S.A Catalogue of the 51st Annual Exhibition (Toronto, 1923);
O.S.A. 44th Annual Exhibition (Toronto, 1926);
O.S.A. 65th Annual Exhibition (Toronto, 1937);
O.S.A. 73rd Annual Spring Exhibition (Toronto, 1945);
O.S.A. 74th Annual Spring Exhibition (Toronto, 1946);
O.S.A. 75th Annual Spring Exhibition (Toronto, 1947);
O.S.A. 79th Annual Exhibition (Toronto, 1951);
O.S.A. 83rd Annual Exhibition (Toronto, 1955);
O.S.A. 85th Annual Exhibition (Toronto, 1957);
O.S.A. 89th Annual Exhibition (Toronto, 1961);
O.S.A. 90th Annual Exhibition (Toronto, 1962);
O.S.A. 95th Annual Exhibition (Toronto, 1967)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $271.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
THOMAS MOWER MARTIN
Quiet Stream
watercolour
signed and dated 1923 lower right
7.25 x 14 ins ( 18.4 x 35.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOBS COGILL HAWORTH
By the Wayside
ink and watercolour
signed “Bobs” lower right; titled on the reverse of the framing
11 x 15 ins ( 27.9 x 38.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
LILLIAN FREIMAN
Horses and Rider
pastel
signed lower right
9.75 x 11.75 ins ( 24.8 x 29.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Contemporary Canadian Art; Modern French Painting in French Canada; Visions - Contemporary Art in Canada; Bellefleur - The Fervour of the Quest; Marcel Barbeau - Fugato
five books
“Contemporary Canadian Art” (David Burnett & Marilyn Schiff, Edmonton, 1983); “Modern French Painting in Canada” (Guy Viau, Department of Cultural Affairs, Quebec, 1967); “Visions: Contemporary Art in Canada” [Bringhurst, James, Keziere, Shadbolt (eds.), Vancouver, 1983); “Bellefleur: The Fervour of the Quest” (Guy Robert, Montreal, 1988); “Marcel Barbeau: Fugato” (Carolle Gagnon & Ninon Gauthier, Canada, 1990)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Gershon Iskowitz-Painter of Light; Harold Town-Drawings; Canadian Art-From its Beginnings to 2000; Jack Bush; Jock Macdonald-Evolving Form; The Prints of Betty Goodwin
six books
“Gershon Iskowitz: Painter of Light” (Adele Freedman, Toronto, 1982); “Harold Town: Drawings” (McClelland and Stewart Limited, Toronto/Montreal, 1969); “Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000” (Anne Newlands, Willowdale, 2000); “Jack Bush” (McClelland and Stewart, Canada, 1984); “Jock Macdonald: Evolving Form” [Thom, Jansma, Jacques, Hudson (Contributors), Victoria/Oshawa, 2014); “The Prints of Betty Goodwin” (Rosemarie Tovell, Vancouver/Toronto, 2002)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
ARTHUR LIDSTONE
Abstraction
oil on canvas, laid down
signed and dated 1969 lower left
27 x 21 ins ( 68.6 x 53.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
DAVID JAMES GILHOOLY
Frog Chip Cookie
ceramic sculpture
signed and dated 1975 on the underside
4 x 4 ins ( 10.2 x 10.2 cms ) ( diameter )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Moneywort, Swamp Rose Mallow
two colour silkscreens
each signed lower right; each initialed lower right within the plate
8 x 3 ins ( 20.3 x 7.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
G. BLAIR LAING
Memoirs of an Art Dealer; Memoirs of an Art Dealer 2
two books
“Memoirs of an Art Dealer” (G. Blair Laing, Toronto, 1979); “Memoirs of an Art Dealer 2 (G. Blair Laing, Toronto, 1982); both in the original slipcases (Volume 2 sealed in cellophane)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $125.00 - $175.00
Price Realized $212.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Assorted Art Gallery of Toronto Catalogues (1928-1936)
eight catalogues
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings Lent by the Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington (November, 1928);
Catalogue of Six Exhibitions (Canadian Society of Graphic Art; Toronto Camera Club; Paul Manship; R. Tait McKenzie; Robert Holmes; Albrecht Dürer; April 13th to May 6th, 1928);
Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Ninteenth Century Pictures by Foreign Artists (October, 1929);
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings by Hayley Lever, Joseph Stella, Pieter Van Veen, Annual Exhibition of Canadian Society of Painter in Water Colour, Annual Exhibition of Society of Painter-Etchers, Photographs by Royal Photography Society (April, 1929);
Catalogue of Paintings and Prints by Dame Laura Knight, Sigurd Skou, Annual Exhibitions of Canadian Society of Graphic Art, Society of Painter-Etchers, and Toronto Camera Club (April, 1931);
Trends in European Painting from the XIIIth to the XXth Century (October 15th to November 15th, 1937);
Catalogue of the Twentieth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers, A Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by the Late T. Mower Martin, Second Canadian International Salon of Photographic Art (May, 1936);
Catalogue of Works by Senior Painters in Canada and Contemporary European Water Colours (January, 1937)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $150.00
Price Realized $212.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
Previous Auctions
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- International Prints, Multiples & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- La belle province (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Artwork for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- 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
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