Books and Reference
Previously Sold Works
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Gershon Iskowitz-Painter of Light; Harold Town-Drawings; Canadian Art-From its Beginnings to 2000; Jack Bush; Jock Macdonald-Evolving Form; The Prints of Betty Goodwin
six books
“Gershon Iskowitz: Painter of Light” (Adele Freedman, Toronto, 1982); “Harold Town: Drawings” (McClelland and Stewart Limited, Toronto/Montreal, 1969); “Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000” (Anne Newlands, Willowdale, 2000); “Jack Bush” (McClelland and Stewart, Canada, 1984); “Jock Macdonald: Evolving Form” [Thom, Jansma, Jacques, Hudson (Contributors), Victoria/Oshawa, 2014); “The Prints of Betty Goodwin” (Rosemarie Tovell, Vancouver/Toronto, 2002)
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Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Selection of 10 Books
selection of 10 books
“A.J. Casson: His Life and Works, A Tribute” (Paul Duval, Prentice-Hall, 1980) signed by A.J. Casson on title page; “ A Grand Eye for Glory: A Life of Franz Johnston” (Roger Burford Mason, Dundurn Press, 1998); “Joe Fafard” (Terrence Heath, Douglas and McIntyre, 2007); “The Best Contemporary Canadian Art” (Joan Murray, Hurtig Publishers, 1987); “Québec: Plein la vue” (John R. Porter and Didier Prioul, Le Musée du Québec, 1994); “Murals from a Great Canadian Train” (Ian Thom, Art Global, 1986); “Femmes artistes du XXe siècle au Québec” (Esther Trépanier, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, 2010); “The Diaries of Edmund Montague Morris: Western Journeys 1907-1910” (Transcribed by Mary Fitz-Gibbon, The Royal Ontario Museum, 1985); “Marian Dale Scott: Pionnière de l’art moderne” (Esther Trépanier, Musée du Québec, 2000); “Painting Friends: The Beaver Hall Women Painters” (Barbara Meadowcroft, Véhicule Press, 1999)
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: June 26th 2019
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Selection of 9 Books
selection of 9 books
“Henri Masson: La Vision d’un peintre” (Claude A. Bouchard, Les éditions Lecha, 1979); “La peinture au Québec depuis ses origines” (Guy Robert, France-Amérique, 1978); “Beaulieu: Signatures” (André Fortier, Editions Marcel Broquet Inc., 1981); “Fantin-Latour” (Druick Hoog, National Gallery of Canada, 1983); “CanFake: An Expert’s Guide to the tricks of the Canadian Antiques Trade” (Donald Webster, McClellend and Stuart, 1997) signed by the author on the title page; “André Biéler: ou le choc des cultures” (David Karel, Les Presses de l’Université Laval, 2003); “Discovering Impressionism: The Life of Paul Durand-Ruel” (Pierre Assouline, Vendome, 2004); “Under the Studio Light: Leaves from a Portrait Painter’s Sketch Book” (J.L. Forster, The MacMillan Company, 1928); “Daffodils in Winter: The Life and Letters of Pegi Nicol MacLeod, 1904-1949” (Ed. Joan Murray, Penumbra Press, 1984)
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: June 26th 2019
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
POPism: The Warhol ‘60s
book
Andy Warhol and Pat Hackett, New York, 1983; signed by Andy Warhol on inside front cover
9.25 x 6 x 1 ins ( 23.5 x 15.2 x 2.5 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $75.00 - $125.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Selection of Thirteen Books on Canadian Art and Canadiana
selection of thirteen books
“J.E.H. MacDonald: Sketchbook, 1915-1922” (introduction by Hunter Bishop, Penumbra Press, 1979); “A Concise History of Painting” (Dennis Reid, Oxford University Press, 1973); “Pictures from the Douglas M. Duncan Collection” (University of Toronto Press, 1975); “Lumberjack: Paintings and Story by William Kurelek” (William Kurelek, Tundra Books, Missing inside title page); “Les Plasticiens and Beyond: Montreal 1955-1970” (Roald Nasgaard and Michel Martin, Varley Art Gallery of Markham, 2013); “Les Automatistes” (Galerie l’Orange and Lacerte Art Contemporain, Montreal, 2008); “Canadian Art” (Summer 1987); “A Heritage of Canadian Art: The McMichael Collection” (McMichael Canadian Collection, 1979); “Colville” (Ed. Andrew Hunter, Art Gallery of Ontario, 2014); “Karsh Portfolio” (Yousuf Karsh; University of Toronto Press, 1967); “The Best Contemporary Canadian Art” (Joan Murray, Hurtig Publishers, 1987); “The Group of Seven: Art for a Nation” (Charlie Hill, National Gallery of Canada, 1995); “The Heritage of Upper Canadian Furniture: A Study in the Survival of Formal and Vernacular Styles from Britain, America and Europe, 1780-1900” (Howard Pain, Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd., 1978)
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Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: September 17th 2019
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Fifteen Canadian Art Reference Books
“Garry Neill Kennedy: Printed Matter, 1971-2009 = imprimés, 1971-2009” (Peter Trepanier, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2012); “FitzGerald as Printmaker: A Catalogue Raisonné of the First Complete Exhibition of His Printed Works” (Helen Coy, University of Manitoba Press, Winnipeg, 1982); “In Seclusion with Nature: The Later Work of L. LeMoine Fitzgerald, 1942-1956” (Michael Parke-Taylor, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 1989); “Beauty in a Common Thing: Drawings and Prints by L.L. Fitzgerald” (Christine Lalonde, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2004); “Lionel LeMoine Fitzgerald, 1890-1956: The Development of An Artist” (The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 1978); “Caroline and Frank Armington: Canadian Painter-Etchers in Paris” (Janet Braide and Nancy Parke-Taylor, Region of Peel Art Gallery, Brampton, Ont., 1989); “Franklin Carmichael: prints = gravures” (McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, Ont., 1984); “The Prints of Edwin Holgate = Les gravures d’Edwin Holgate” (Ian M, Thom, The Gallery, Kleinburg, Ont., 1989); “A New Class of Art: The Artists’s Print in Canadian Art, 1877-1920” (Rosemarie L. Tovell, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1996); “The Wood Engravings of Laurence Hyde” (Patyricia Ainslie, The Museum, Calgary, C. 1986); “Margaret Shelton: Block Prints, 1936-1984” (Patricia Ainslie, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, 1984); “Cecil Buller: Modernist Printmaker = graveur moderniste” (Patricia Ainslie, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, c. 1989); “Walter J. Phillips, R.C.A.: Woodcuts and Watercolours” (Masters Gallery, Calgary, 1991); “Printmaking in British Columbia, 1889-1983 / Art Gallery of Greater Victoria: October 6 to November 27, 1983: (Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, 1983); “Images of the Land: Canadian Block Prints, 1919-1945” (Patricia Ainslie, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, c. 1984)
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Canadian Artist Reference Books and Periodicals
twenty books and periodicals
“Helen McNicoll 1879-1915” (Morris Gallery, 1974);
“David Milne” (Alan Jarvis, 1962);
“Daffodils in Winter: The Life and Letters of Pegi Nicol MacLeod, 1904-1949” (Joan Murray, 1984);
“Emily Carr A Biography” (Maria Tippet, 1979);
“Anne Savage: The Story of a Canadian Painter” (Anne McDougall, 1977);
“A.Y. Jackson: Paintings 1902-1953” (The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1953);
“J.E.H. MacDonald, R.C.A., 1973-1932” (The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1965);
“Lawren Harris: Paintings 1910-1948” (The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1848);
“Lemoine FitzGerald” (Morris Gallery, 1973);
“The Group of Seven Why Not Eight or Nine or Ten: Revelations by Members of The Arts and Letters Club” (The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, n.d., signed by Ray Cattell on the titlepage);
“F.H. Varley: Paintings 1915-1954” (The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1954);
“The McMichael Conservation Collection” (Paul Duval, 1967);
“F.H. Varley” (The Edmonton Art Gallery, 1981);
“The Group of Seven: Canadian Landscape Painters” (McMichael Canadian Collection, 1977);
“The Tangled Garden: The Art of J.E.H. MacDonald” (Paul Duval, n.d.);
“Reflections in a Quiet Pool: The Prints of David Milne” (Rosemarie L. Tovell, 1980);
“Canadian Painting in the Thirties” (Charles C. Hill, 1975; with inscribed stationery from the author);
“Helen McNicoll: A Canadian Impressionist” (Natalie Luckyj, 1999);
“Canadian Impressionsim” (Paul Duval, 1990);
“The Story of the Group of Seven” (Dr. A.Y. Jackson, June 1956)
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Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Selection of 5 Books
5 books
-“Chansons de Femmes” by Paul Delmet, c.1897;
-“Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen: Steinlen’s Drawings” 121 Plates from
-“Gil Blas Illustre” by Dover Publications Inc. 1980;
-“Steinlen Affichiste: Catalogue Raisonne” by Rejane Bargil and Christophe Zrgrodzki,1986;
-“Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen” by Phillip Dennis Cate and Susan Gill, 1982;
-“Dessins sans paroles de Chats par Steinlen,” published by Flammarion, 1981
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Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: April 14th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Historical Canadian Art Reference Books
four books
“Horatio Walker” (F. Newlin Price, 1928);
“Braves and Buffalo: Watercolours of Alfred. J. Miller” (University of Toronto Press, 1973);
“Paul Peel” (Victoria Baker, 1986);
“Canadian Watercolours and Drawings in the Royal Ontario Museum” (Mary Allodi, 1974)
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Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Historical Canadian Art Reference Books
twenty-two books
-”Louis Jobin Statuaire” (Marius Barbeau, Beauchemin, Montreal, 1968);
-”W.J. Phillips” (Duncan Campbell Scott, Canadian Art Series, Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1947);
-”Henri Julien” (Paul Gladu, Lidec Inc, Montreal, 1970);
-”C.W. Jeffreys” (William Colgate, Canadian Art Series, Ryerson Press, Toronto);
-”Henri Julien” (Marius Barbeau, Canadian Art Series, Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1941);
-”C.W. Jefferys” (Robert Stacey, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1985);
-”Charles Huot” (Hormisdas Magnan, Quebec, 1932);
-”Charles Huot” (Jean-René Ostiguy, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1979);
-”William G. R. Hind” (J. Russell Harper, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1976);
-”George Heriot” (Gerald E. Finley, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1979);
-”William G.R. Hind” (Willistead Art Gallery of Windsor, 1967);
-”Homer Watson: Artist and Man” (Frank E. Page, Commercial Printing Co., Kitchener);
-”Homer Watson” (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1963);
-”Homer Watson: With Faith, Ignorance and Delight” (Jane VanEvery, Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd., Aylesbury, 1967);
-”Homer Watson: The Man of Doon” (Muriel Miller, Summer Hill Press, Toronto, 1988);
-”Homer Watson” (Jennifer C. Watson, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery1987);
-”Paul Peel: 1860-1892” (Memorial Exhibition, London Public Library and Art Gallery, 1970);
-”Paul Peel: A Retrospective” (Victoria Baker, London Regional Art Gallery, London, 1986);
-”Horatio Walker” (F. Newlin Price, Louis Carrier & Co., New York and Montreal, 1928);
-”Horatio Walker: 1858-1938”(Dorothy Farr, Queen’s University, Kingston, 1977);
-”Horatio Walker” (David Karel, Musée de Québec, 1987);
-”Early Days on the Great Lakes: The Art of William Armstrong” (Henry C. Campbell, McClelland and Stewart, Toronto and Montreal, 1971)
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: June 23rd 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Six Group of Seven Art Reference Books
six books
-“A.J. Casson: His Life and Works, A Tribute” (Paul Duval, Cerebrus/Prentice-Hall, Toronto, 1980), signed by A.J. Casson on the title page;
- “The Tangled Garden: The Art of J.E.H. MacDonald” (Paul Duval, Cerebrus/Prentice-Hall, Toronto, 1978);
- “Frederick H. Varley” (Peter Varley, Key Porter Books, Toronto, 1983), signed by the author;
- “F.H. Varley: Portraits into the Light” (Katerina Atanassova, Dundurn Press, Toronto, 2007);
- “F.H. Varley: A Centennial Exhibition” (The Edmonton Art Gallery, 1981);
- “The Group of Seven in Western Canada” (Catharine M. Mastin (ed.), Key Porter Books, Toronto, 2002, 2008)
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Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Picasso 347
two oblong folios
Contains 347 black and white illustrations by the artist. Random House/Maecenas Press, New York (1970); First Edition; folios contained within original clamshell box
17.5 x 12.5 ins ( 44.5 x 31.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Five Canadian Art Reference Books
five books
- “Odjig: The Art of Daphne Odjig, 1960-2000” (Key Porter Books, Toronto, 2001); signed by the artist;
- ”A Grand Eye for Glory: A Life of Franz Johnston” (Roger Burford Mason, Dundurn Press, Toronto and Oxford, 1998);
- “The Last Buffalo: The Story of Frederick Arthur Verner, Painter of the Canadian West” (Joan Murray, Pagurian Press, Toronto 1984);
- “The Bamboo Cooks: Recipes from the Legendary Nightclub” (Richard O’Brien and Patti Habib, Random House Canada, Toronto, 1997);
- “Jacques Hurtubise” (Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, 2011)
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Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Canadian Art Reference Publications
four books
Full listing within cataloguing details
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Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Eleven Canadian Art Books
eleven books
Full listing within cataloguing details
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
