Books and Reference
Previously Sold Works
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Canadian Art Reference Books
11 books
Full listing in cataloguing details
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Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $132.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
A Large Collection of Auction Catalogues and Publications
98 books
Full listing in cataloguing details
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $132.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Eleven Canadian Art Reference Books
11 books
Full listing in cataloguing details
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Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $132.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Selection of Books, Pamphlets, Exhibition Catalogues and Portfolios related to Canadian Artists
books
“Alex Colville: Diary of a War Artist” (Graham Metson and Cheryl Lean, Nimbus Publishing, 1981, signed by Alex Colville on title page); “Ken Danby” (Paul Duval, Clarke, Irwin and Company, 1976); “Charles Comfort: Canadian Artists 2” (Margaret Gray, Margaret Rand, Lois Steen, Gage Publishing, 1976); “Carl Schaefer: Canadian Artists 3” (Margaret Gray, Margaret Rand, Lois Steen, Gage Publishing, 1977); :Ernest Linder 1897-: A Retrospective Exhibition” (Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, 1970); “David Blackwood” (John de Visser, Gallery Pascal, 1979); “Christopher Pratt” (Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1970); “Drawings 1969-1972: E. Lindner” (The Saskatoon Gallery and Conservatory Corporation, n.d.); “The Watercolours of Robert Verity Clem” (New Britain Museum of American Art, 1983); “Tom Forrestall: New Works” (Galerie Mira Godard; 1977); “Ron Bolt” (The McMichael Canadian Collection, n.d.); “Fences: Drawings by C.W. Jefferys” (Harry Symons, The Ryerson Press, 1958, a small sketch of fence posts is included with this text); “The Second Portfolio of Canadian Drawings: Four Artists from Quebec” (prints of Paul Beaulieu ‘Man with Puppet’, Ozias Leduc ‘The Prayer’, Alfred Pellan ‘Head’ and William Raphael ‘Snow-Shoer’ and ‘Habitant’, National Gallery of Canada)
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Auction Estimate: $50.00 - $75.00
Price Realized $124.00
Sale date: February 21st 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Thépot; Jean Paul Riopelle; Fernand Leduc de 1943 à 1985; Rita Letendre: The Montreal Years 1953-1963; Riopelle: the sixties; The Automatiste Revolution; Bellefleur
seven books
“Thépot” (Collection Prisme, Paris, 1972); “Jean Paul Riopelle” (Robert Miller Gallery, 2005); “Fernand Leduc de 1943 à 1985” (Musée de Beaux-Arts de Chartres, 1985); “Rita Letendre: The Montreal Years 1953-1963” (Concordia Art Gallery, Montreal, 1989); “Riopelle: the sixties” (Didier Imbert Fine Art, Paris, 1994); “The Automatiste Revolution” (Nasgaard & Ellenwood, Vancouver/Toronto/Berkeley, 2009); “Bellefleur” (Guy Robert, Montreal, 1988)
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Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $124.00
Sale date: February 20th 2019
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
7 Canadian Women Artist Reference Books and Pamphlets
7 books and pamphlets
-”Laura Muntz Lyall: Impressions of Women and Childhood” (Joan Murray, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Kingston & Montreal, 2012);
-”Quiet Harmony: The Art of Mary Hiester Reid” (Brian Foss and Janice Anderson, The Art Gallery of Ontario, 2000);
-”The Practice of her Profession: Florence Carlyle” (Susan Butlin, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Kingston & Montreal, 2009);
-“Pegi by Herself: The Life of Pegi Nicol MacLeod” (Laura Brandon, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Kingston & Montreal, 2005);
-“Daffodils in Winter: The Life and Letters of Pegi Nicol MacLeod, 1904-1949” (ed. Joan Murray, Penumbra Press, Moonbeam, ON, 1984);
-“Pegi Nicol MacLeod” (traveling retrospective exhibition booklet, 1981);
-“Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Memorial Exhibition” (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, exhibition booklet, 1949)
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Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $124.00
Sale date: April 14th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Five Canadian Art Books: Morrice; Laura Muntz Lyall - Impressions of Women and Childhood, Sunday Morning with Cass; Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century; Early Days on the Great Lakes - The Art of William Armstrong
books
Morrice (Kathleen Daly Pepper, 1966); Laura Muntz Lyall - Impressions of Women and Childhood (Joan Murray, 2012); Sunday Morning with Cass (Ted Herriott, 1993, sealed in cellophane); Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century (Joan Murray, 1999, signed by the author); Early Days on the Great Lakes - The Art of William Armstrong (Henry C. Campbell, 1971)
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $120.00
Sale date: December 9th 2015
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Selection of Books, Pamphlets and Cards related to Historical Canadian Art
“The Fine Arts in Canada” (Newton MacTavish, M.A., The MacMillan Company of Canada, 1925); “The First Exhibition in Fifty Years of Oil Paintings By Russell Smith and his son Xanthus Smith” (Vose Galleries of Boston Inc., n.d.); “Paul Kane: Sketchpad” (Charles J. Musson Limited, Publishers, 1969); “Parkman Centenary Celebration” (pamphlet, Parkman Centenary Sub-Committee and McGill University, Montreal, 1923); “Canadian Aspirations in Painting” (Walter Abell, reprinted from ‘Culture’, 1942, inscribed on cover by the author); “The Gal;lery of Canadian Art: 1: Cornelius Krieghoff” (Marius Barbeau, McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1962); “Frederick Simpson Coburn” (Gerald Stevens, forward by A.Y. Jackson, Ryerson Press, 1958); “Aspects of Contemporary Painting in Canada” (Addison Gallery of American Art, 1942); “Ontario Society of Artists 75th Annual Spring Exhibition” (1947); “Canadian Painting: An Exhibition Arranged by the National Gallery of Canada” (National Gallery of Art Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1950); “Peaople’s Art: Naive Art in Canada” (The National Gallery of Canada, 1973); “The National Gallery of Canada Bulletin” (The National Gallery of Canada, issue 7, 1966); “A Tribute tot he First Canadians: A Collection of Historical Paintings on Indian Life” (Selection of prints in original box, 1968); “The Face of Early Canada: Pictures of Canada which have helped to make history” (F. St. George Spendlove, Ryerson Press, 1958); “David Milne: Painting Place” (Rosmarie L. Tovell, The National Gallery of Canada, 1976); “Reflections in a Quiet Pool: The Prints of David Milne” (Rosmarie L. Tovell, The National Gallery of Canada, 1980)
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Auction Estimate: $75.00 - $125.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: February 21st 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
“Ateliers”; “The Downfall of Temlaham”; “Other Days Other Ways”; “Clarence Gagnon Au Pays de Maria Chapdelaine 1931” (illustrated article within “L’illustration Noel” - December 5, 1931)
books
“Ateliers: Etudes sur vingt-deaux peintres et sculpteurs canadiens” (Jean Chauvin, Les Editions du Mercure, 1928); “The Downfall of Temlaham” (Marius Barbeau, illustrations by A.Y. Jackson, Edwin Holgate, W. Langdon Kihn, Emily Carr and Anne D. Savage, The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited, 1928); “Other Days, Other Ways: Silhouettes of the Past in French Canada” (Georges Bouchard, illustrations by Edwin Holgate, The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited, 1930); “L’illustration Noel” (December 5, 1931 - illustrated article, “Clarence Gagnon Au Pays de Maria Chapdelaine” within)
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Auction Estimate: $75.00 - $100.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: February 21st 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Selection of books related to the Group of Seven
five books
“A.Y.’s Canada” (Naomi Jackson Groves/pencil drawings by A.Y. Jackson, Toronto/Vancouver, 1968); “The Tangled Garden: The Art of J.E.H. MacDonald” (Paul Duval, Scarborough, Ontario, 1978); “Varley” (Peter Varley, Toronto, 1983); “Bright Land - A Warm Look at Arthur Lismer” (Lois Darroch, Toronto/Vancouver, 1981); “A Border of Beauty: Arthur LIsmer’s Pen and Pencil” (Marjorie Lismer Bridges, Toronto, 1977)
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Auction Estimate: $125.00 - $175.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: July 18th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Beauty in a Common Thing: The Drawings and Prints of L.L. Fitzgerald; Jack Shadbolt: Act of Art; Painting Place: The Life and Work of David B. Milne; Independent Spirit: Early Canadian Women Artists
four books
“Beauty in a Common Thing: The Drawings and Prints of L.L. Fitzgerald (Christine Lalonde, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2004); “Jack Shadbolt: Act of Art” (Jack Shadbolt, Toronto, 1981); “Painting Place: The Life and Work of David B. Milne (David P. Silcox, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1996); “Independent Spirit: Early Canadian Women Artists” (A.K. Prakash, Richmond Hill, 2008)
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Defiant Spirits; Jack Shadbolt; The Visual Arts in Canada-The Twentieth Century; Visions of British Columbia-A Landscape Manual; Gordon Smith-The Act of Painting; Emily Carr
six books
“Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven” (Ross King, Vancouver, 2010); “Jack Shadbolt” (National Gallery of Canada, 1969); “The Visual Arts in Canada: The Twentieth Century” [Whitelaw, Foss & Paikowsky (eds.), Don Mills, 2010); “Visions of British Columbia: A Landscape Manual” (Vancouver Art Gallery, 2009); “Gordon Smith: The Act of Painting” (Ian Thom & Andrew Hunter, Vancouver Art Gallery, 1997); “Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon” [Hill, Lamoureux & Thom (curators), National Gallery of Canada/Vancouver Art Gallery, 2006]
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Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Canadian National Exhibition catalogues (1925; 1931; 1934; 1935 & 1939)
five exhibition catalogues
Canadian National Exhibition Catalogue of Paintings, Graphic Art and Photography (Toronto, August 29th to September 12th, 1925);
Catalogue of the Arts, Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, August 28th to September 12th, 1931);
Catalogue of the Arts, Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, August 24th to September 8th, 1934);
Canadian National Exhibition, Catalogue of the Arts (Toronto, August 23rd to September 7th, 1935);
Canadian National Exhibition Catalogue of the Arts (Toronto, August 25th to September 9th, 1939)
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Auction Estimate: $75.00 - $125.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Someone With Me; Walter J. Phillips; Canada; Colour in the Canadian Rockies; Mildred Valley Thornton; An Artful Life: A Biography of D.H. Kahnweiler; Fields: Paintings by William Kurelek
seven books
“Someone With Me: The Autobiography of William Kurelek” (William Kurelek, Toronto, 1982); “Walter J. Phillips: A Selection of His Works and Thoughts” (Michael J. Gibson, National Gallery of Canada, 1978); “Canada: Painted by T. Mower Martin, Described by Wilfred Campbell” (Wilfred Campbell, London, 1906); “Colour in the Canadian Rockies” (Walter J. Phillips and Frederick Niven, Toronto, 1937); “Mildred Valley Thornton: An Exhibition of Painting & Watercolours” (Butler Galleries, Vancouver, 1985); “An Artful Life: A Biography of D.H. Kahnweiler” (Pierre Assouline, New York, 1990); “Fields: Paintings by William Kurelek” (Tundra Books, Montreal, 1976)
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: February 20th 2019
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Karsh Canadians
book
signed by Yousef Karsh on the title page; Yousef Karsh, University of Toronto, 1978
12.25 x 9.75 x 1 ins ( 31.1 x 24.8 x 2.5 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $75.00 - $125.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: February 20th 2019
