Books and Reference
Previously Sold Works
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 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
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Thirty-Eight Canadian Art Reference Books and Magazines
38 books and magazines
Full listing within cataloguing details
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $210.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Seven Canadian Art Reference Books
seven books
Full catalogue listing in details
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $204.00
Sale date: August 17th 2021
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Seven Canadian Art Reference Books
7 books
Full listing in cataloguing details
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $204.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Sorel Etrog Reference Books and Exhibition Booklets
ten books
Full catalogue listing in details
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $192.00
Sale date: August 17th 2021
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Fifteen Canadian Art Reference Books
fifteen books
Full listing in cataloguing details
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $192.00
Sale date: December 14th 2021
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Twelve Canadian Art Reference Books and Catalogues
12 books
Full listing in cataloguing details
11.5 x 1.25 x 9.5 ins ( 29.2 x 3.2 x 24.1 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $192.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-6
six books
“A Dictionary of Canadian Artists” (compiled by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Ltd., Ottawa), vols. 1, 2, and 4 are 1st editions, vols. 3, 5, and 6 are 3rd editions
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $183.00
Sale date: February 20th 2019
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Selection of Ten Books and Exhibition Catalogues
ten books
“Miro in Montreal”- (Alexander Gaudieri and Pierre Theberge, Montreal, 1986); “Independent Spirit: Early Canadian Women Artists”- (A.K. Prakash, Buffalo, 2008); “Mexican Muralists: Ozoca, Rivera, Siqueiros” - (Desmond Rochfort, San Franciso, 1993); “American Silver: A History of Style, 1650-1900” - (Graham Hood, New York, 1971); “Douglas Haynes: Split Diamond Paintings to Present, 1978-2011” - (exhibition pamphlet, James Rottman Fine Art, Toronto, 2011); “Picasso Graphics: An Homage to Pablo Picasso on the 130th Anniversary of the Artist’s Year of Birth” (exhibition pamphlet, Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, 2011); “Douglas Haynes: 25 Years”- (Catherine Crownston and Leslie Dawn, Edmonton, 2000); “An Introduction to Japanese Prints” - (Joe Earle, London, 1980); “Defiant Spirits: The Modern Revolution of the Group of Seven” - (Ross King, Toronto, 2011); “The Exhibition of Archeological Finds of the People’s Republic of China” - (THe Organization Committee of The Exhibition of Archeological Finds of the People’s Republic of China, 1974)
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Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $150.00
Price Realized $183.00
Sale date: March 20th 2019