May Auction of Canadian Artwork including Inuit Art (Online Second Session to Live Auction) Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our May Auction of Canadian Artwork including Inuit Art (Online Second Session to Live Auction) which concluded on June 5, 2019. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
EDWARD JOHN BARTRAM
Black Rock, Precambrian Shield Series
etching
signed, titled and numbered 43/50 in the lower margin
30 x 22 ins ( 76.2 x 55.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $1,003.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
PITALOOSIE SAILA
Bird of Sargo
stonecut
inscribed with artist’s name, titled, dated 1972, numbered 49/50 and inscribed “Dorset” in the lower margin
20.25 x 23 ins ( 51.4 x 58.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,003.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
HARRY BRITTON
Autumn Sketch
oil on canvas, laid down on board
signed lower right; titled on a label on the reverse
8.75 x 4.75 ins ( 22.2 x 12.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $1,003.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
DONALD BESCO
Summer in Kensington Market
oil on board
signed to the right; titled on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $885.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
FREDERICK ARTHUR VERNER
Port Union near Scarborough Bluffs
watercolour heightened with white
signed and dated 1875 lower right
12 x 23.5 ins ( 30.5 x 59.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $885.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Set of Six Silkscreens
colour silkscreens
Including: Sermon to the Birds; Children of Light and Sound; Woodland Creatures; Fish and Loons of Lake N’i’abon; We Are Gods Within Ourselves; Bird Speaks to These Children. All signed, titled and numbered 245/350 in the lower margins; all unframed and housed in a protective hard cover portfolio
25.75 x 19.75 ins ( 65.4 x 50.2 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $826.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
MARION LONG
Floral Still Life
oil on canvas
signed lower left
16 x 14 ins ( 40.6 x 35.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $767.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
RANDOLPH STANLEY HEWTON
Morocco; European Village
two watercolours
“Morocco” (signed lower right; 8.5 ins x 10.75 ins sight); “European Village” (6.75 ins x 9.75 ins sight)
8.5 x 10.75 ins ( 21.6 x 27.3 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $767.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY
Against the Red
graphite and ink wash
signed lower left; titled on the reverse of the framing
8.75 x 6.75 ins ( 22.2 x 17.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $708.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST
Opposing Spirits
two-sided whale bone
10 x 12 x 6 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 x 15.2 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $708.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
JACK CHAMBERS
Jack Chambers (edited & published by Nancy Poole)
book and colour photolithograph
written by Jack Chambers, edited and published by Nancy Poole/Nancy Poole Studios, Toronto, 1978, contains a colour lithograph of daffodils (signed, numbered 123/300 and dated 77 in the lower margin; 11.75 ins x 11.5 ins [sheet]), all contained within the original slipcover
12.5 x 12.25 x 2 ins ( 31.8 x 31.1 x 5.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $708.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
PAUL DUVAL & ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Casson’s Cassons
leather bound book
Volume One: Abbot Mill Press, Toronto, 1990, First Edition; includes 51 signed and numbered colour lithographs, numbered AP 5/60; housed in a grey suede fold-over box
14 x 15.25 ins ( 35.6 x 38.7 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $708.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
FREDERICK BOURCHIER TAYLOR
Courtyard Off St. Lawrence Blvd.
colour serigraph
signed, dated 1948 and numbered “38-100” in the lower margin
7.75 x 5.75 ins ( 19.7 x 14.6 cms ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $708.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
FARQUHAR MCGILLIVRAY STRACHAN KNOWLES
Ship at the Port
oil on canvas, laid down on board
signed and dated 1894 lower left
7 x 11 ins ( 17.8 x 27.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $708.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- Capture (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Modern Forms (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- 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
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