Books and Reference
Previously Sold Works
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
York Wilson
book
- “York Wilson” (Paul Duval, Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, 1978) - housed in the original slipcase
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Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Six Books on Canadian Indigenous Art
six books
- “The Totem Pole Indians” (Joseph H. Wherry, Funk & Wagnalls, 1964);
- “Totem Poles” (Marius Barbeau, National Museum of Canada, Ottawa, 1950);
- “The Story of West Coast Designs” (David Lambert, Vancouver, n.d.);
- “Tsimsyan Myths Illustrated” (Marius Barbeau, National Museum of Canada, Ottawa, 1961);
- “Medicine Men on the North Pacific Coast”(Marius Barbeau, National Museum of Canada, Ottawa, 1958);
- “100 Years of B.C. Art” (The Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver,1958)
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Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Canadian Art Exhibition Catalogues and Books
twenty-three catalogues and books
Full catalogue listing in details
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Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: August 17th 2021
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Paul Kane’s Frontier; Eric Freifeld
two books and lithograph
- “Paul Kane’s Frontier”- J. Russell Harper, National Gallery of Canada, 1971), signed by J Russell Harper and numbered 22/250 on frontispiece; housed in original slipcase;
- “Eric Freifeld” (Paul Duval, Yaneff Gallery, 1977) numbered 221/300 and signed by author and artist on back description page; with lithograph “Pembrooke Street” signed, titled, dated 1971 and numbered 221/300 in the lower margin [11.75 ins x 13.5 ins]; housed in folder, all in original slipcase;
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Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: August 17th 2021
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Paul Kane’s Frontier; Painting in Canada: A History
two books
- “Paul Kane’s Frontier”- signed by the author and numbered 14 on the inside title page (J. Russell Harper, National Gallery of Canada, 1971); housed in slipcase
- “Painting in Canada: A History”- signed by the author on the inside title page (J. Russell Harper, University of Toronto Press, 1966)
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Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: March 1st 2022
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Eight Canadian Art Reference Books
8 books
Full listing in cataloguing details
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Collection of Reference Books on Indigenous and Inuit Art
seven books
- “Masterpieces of Indian and Eskimo Art from Canada” (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1969);
- “Indians of Canada” (Diamond Jenness, National Museum of Canada, Ottawa, 1972);
- “Indians of the Prairie Provinces: An Historical Review” (Department of Northern Affairs and Northern Development, ottawa, 1967);
“Indians of Quebec and the Maritime Provinces” (Department of Northern Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa, 1969)”
- “Indians of British Columbia” (Department of Northern Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa, 1969);
- “Form and Freedom: A Dialogue on Northwest Coast Indian Art” (Bill Holm & William Reid, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Texas, 1975)
- “Kwakiutl Our Native Peoples” (British Columbia Heritage Series, Provincial Museum, Victoria, 1971)
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Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $228.00
Sale date: August 17th 2021
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
La Vie des Art
seventy-one periodicals
Full catalogue listing in details
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $228.00
Sale date: August 17th 2021
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)
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Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $150.00
Price Realized $212.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Paul-Émile Borduas; Morrice: The A.K. Prakash Collection in Trust to the Nation; 1920s Modernism in Montreal: The Beaver Hall Group; Jewish Painters and Modernity, Montreal 1930-1945; The Women of Beaver Hall
five books
“Paul-Émile Borduas” (François-Marc Gagnon, Montreal, 1988); “1920s Modernism in Montreal: The Beaver Hall Group” (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2015); “Morrice: The A.K. Prakash Collection in Trust to the Nation” (Katerina Atanassova, Ottawa, 2017); “Jewish Painters and Modernity, Montreal 1930-1945” (Esther Trépanier, Montreal, 1987); “The Women of Beaver Hall” (Evelyn Walters, Toronto, 2005)
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Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $212.00
Sale date: February 20th 2019
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Collection of Publications on Canadian and International Artists (Including Hughes, Kurelek, Binning, among others)
twenty-three books
Full listing within cataloguing details
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Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $216.00
Sale date: August 17th 2021
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Collection of Publications on Art and Canadian Artists (Including Lyman, Morrice, Bellefleur, Varley, among others)
fourteen books
Full listing within cataloguing details
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $216.00
Sale date: August 17th 2021
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Les moins de 35; Thépot; Marcel Barbeau-Le regard en fugue; Rita Letendre-The Montréal Years; Fernand Leduc de 1943 à 1985; The Automatiste Revolution; 16 Quebec Painters in their Milieu
seven books
“Les moins de 35” (Quebec, 1973); “Thépot” (Collection Prisme, Paris, 1972); “Marcel Barbeau: Le regard en fugue (Carolle Gagnon & Ninon Gauthier, Québec, 1990); “Rita Letendre: The Montréal Years” (Concordia Art Gallery, Montreal, 1989); “Fernand Leduc de 1943 à 1985” (Paris, 1985); “The Automatiste Revolution” (Nasgaard & Ellenwood, Vancouver/Toronto/Berkeley, 2009); “16 Quebec Painters in their Milieu” (La Vie des Arts collection, Quebec, 1978)
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Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
150+ Exhibition Catalogues on Canadian Artist’s and Galleries
catalogues
A collection of 150+ catalogues sold as group lot, folio and smaller; cloth or original wraps; various locations, circa 1930s-200s. Lot includes: A.H. Robson, “J.E.H. MacDonald, R.C.A.” Toronto, 1946; Donald Buchanan, “James Wilson Morrice”, Toronto, 1947; Maurice Barbeau, “Cornelius Krieghoff”, Toronto, 1948; Donald Buchanan, “Alfred Pellan”, Ottawa, 1962 (sold “as is” and is not subject to return)
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: June 26th 2019
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
A Tale of Merlin the Billy Dog
book
Anny Scoones, with illustrations by Molly Lamb Bobak, North Saanich, B.C., 2000; signed by Anny Scoones and Molly Lamb Bobak on inside front cover
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $75.00 - $125.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019
