Books and Reference
Previously Sold Works
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
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Victor Vasarely: Plastic Arts of the 20th Century
book
Text and artwork by Victor Vasarely, Éditions du Griffon, Switzerland, 1969; hardcover book with colour and black and white illustrations and tipped-in Op-Art prints on acetate
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Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: September 17th 2019
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Five Indigenous and Inuit Art Reference Books
five books
“Singing Songs to the Spirit” (Heritage Stamp Collection, Canada Post, 1980);
“Eskimo - Plastik” (Henry Schaefer-Simmern, 1968);
“Indian Painting” (Philip S. Rawson, 1961);
“Early Indian Village Churches” (John Veillette, Gary White, 1977);
“Indian Art in America” (Frederick J. Dockstader, 1961)
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Paul Duval “Ken Danby”; Ken Danby “Looking In” lithograph
book with colour serigraph
Paul Duval, “Ken Danby”, Gallery Moos Limited, Toronto, 1974; includes “Looking In” (colour serigraph (20 colours), signed, dated 1974 and numbered 6/25 in pencil in the lower margin, 11.75 ins x 11.75 (sheet)); presented within the original slipcase; unframed
11.75 x 11.75 ins ( 29.8 x 29.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Twenty-Seven Realist Art Reference Books
books
“Fred Ross” (Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, 1973);
“Christine Pflug” (Sarnia Public Library and Art Gallery, 1971);
“Christine Pflug” (The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1966);
“John Hall’s Imitations of Life” (Nancy Tousley, 1989);
“Michael Thompson” (Gallery Moos, 1988);
“Four Ontario Realists” (The Art Gallery of Brant, 1976);
“Ivan Zadok Bray: Poetry and Truth” (Goldfish Contemporary Fine Art);
“Tom Forrestall” (Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 1972);
“Ken Danby” (Gallery Moos, 1967) - 2 copies;
“Ivan Eyre” (Mira Godard Gallery, 1978);
“Danby” (Gallery Moos, 1979) - 2 copies;
“Ken Danby” (Gallery Moos, 1989) - 4 copies;
“Ken Danby: The Graphic Work” (Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1989);
“Valerie Palmer” (Loch Gallery, 2012);
“Barry McCarthy: The Inner Atlantic” (The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1995, one signed by the artist) - 2 copies;
“Christine Pflug” (The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1974);
“Christopher Pratt” (Galerie Godard Lefort, 1970);
“Hugh Mackenzie” (Morris Gallery, 1979);
“Richard Robertson: Works on Paper” (The Nickle Arts Museum of the University of Calgary, 1982);
“Aspects of Realism” (Rothmans, 1976);
“D.P. Brown, Ken Danby, Tom Forrestall, Christopher Pratt” (Pierre Boutin, 1974) - 2 copies
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Eight Canadian Art Reference Books
eight books
“Bill Reid” (Doris Shadbolt, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver and Toronto, 1998);
“Kurelek Country” (William Kurelek, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1975);
“Bellefleur: The Fervour of the Quest” (Guy Robert, Éditions Iconia, Montreal, 1988);
“Canadian Art: Selected Masters from Private Collections” (A.K. Prakash, Vincent Fortier Publishing, Ottawa and Toronto, 2003);
“Sorel Etrog: One Decade” (Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1968);
“William Kurelek: The Polish Canadians” (Tundra Books, Montreal, 1981);
“Canadian Watercolours and Drawings in the Royal Ontario Museum” (Mary Allodi, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1974)
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
A Selection of Ten Canadian Art Reference Books
ten books
- “Landscape into Art” (Kenneth Clark, John Murray, London, 1949);
- “Old Manors, Old Houses” (Historic Monuments Commission of the Province of Quebec, L.A. Proulx, 1927);
- “L’Ile D’Orleans” (Historic Monuments Commission of the Province of Quebec, L.A. Proulx, 1928);
- “Sigmund Samuel Collection: Canadiana and Americana” (Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1948);
- “Art et non finito” (Guy Robert, Editions France-Amerique, Montreal, 1984, signed by the author on the title page);
- “100 Masters: Only in Canada” (Stephen Borys, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2013);
- “Caroline and Frank Armington” (Janet Braide and Nancy Parke-Taylor, Art Gallery of Peel, 1990);
- “150 Years of Art in Manitoba” (The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 1970);
- “The Face of Early Canada” (F. St. George Spendlove, The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1958);
- “W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana” (Canadian Government Publishing Centre, 1983)
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
A Selection of Seven Books on Canadian Art
seven books
- “Landmarks of Canadian Art” (Peter Mellen, McClelland and Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 1978);
- “Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm” (Harold Town and David P. Silcox, McClelland and Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 1977);
- “Andre Bieler: An Artist’s Life and Times” (Frances K. Smith, Merritt Publishing Company Limited, Toronto/ Vancouver, signed by the authors and dated 1980 on the title page);
- “Barker Fairley: Portraits” (Gary Michael Dault, Methuen, Toronto, 1981, signed by Barker Fairley on the title page);
- “The Art of Mary Pratt: The Substance of Light” (Tom Smart, Goose Lane Editions, Toronto, 1995);
- “Colville” (David Burnett, Art Gallery of Ontario, McClelland and Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 1983);
- “Celebrating Life: The Art of Doris McCarthy” (William Moore and Stuart Reid, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Ontario, 1999, signed by Doris McCarthy on the cover page)
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: September 29th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Twenty Canadian Art Reference Publications
twenty books
Full listing within cataloguing details
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $210.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
