Toni Onley
(1928 - 2004) ARCA
Previously Sold Works
TONI ONLEY
Haunted Field
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 3/20 in the lower margin
11.25 x 15 ins ( 28.6 x 38.1 cms ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $403.00
Sale date: March 14th 2018
TONI ONLEY
Three Towers; Sanctuary of Athens
two serigraphs
“Three Towers” - signed, titled and numbered 13/38 in the lower margin 11.25 x 15 ins (plate);
“Sanctuary of Athens” - signed, titled and numbered 24/27 in the lower margin, 11.25 x 15.25 (plate)
11.25 x 15.25 ins ( 28.6 x 38.7 cms ) ( largest (plate) )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $420.00
Sale date: February 28th 2023
TONI ONLEY
Ann’s Garden
graphite on paper
signed lower left; titled lower right
7 x 9 ins ( 17.8 x 22.9 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $384.00
Sale date: April 26th 2019
TONI ONLEY
Abstraction
etching
signed, dated 1964 and numbered 48/50
9.75 x 11.5 ins ( 24.8 x 29.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: February 21st 2018
TONI ONLEY
Montereggi, Toscana, Italy
graphite drawing
signed, titled, and dated “May 14, 1972” at the lower edge
6.25 x 8.25 ins ( 15.9 x 21 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: September 17th 2019
TONI ONLEY
Silent Farm
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 3/20 in the lower margin
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $230.00
Sale date: December 6th 2017
TONI ONLEY
Lookout Island, Pointe au Baril, Ont.
graphite drawing
signed, titled and dated “July 28 1971” at the lower edge
14 x 16 ins ( 35.6 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: October 17th 2018
TONI ONLEY
Silver Shore, Japan
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 31/47 in the lower margin; unframed
19.75 x 24 ins ( 50.2 x 61 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: September 17th 2019
TONI ONLEY
Montague Bay - Galiano Island
silkscreen
signed, titled, numbered 40/45 and inscribed “A.P” in lower margin
12 x 18 ins ( 30.5 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $210.00
Sale date: December 9th 2015
TONI ONLEY
Silent Valley
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 3/20 in the lower margin
11.25 x 15 ins ( 28.6 x 38.1 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $201.00
Sale date: September 20th 2017
TONI ONLEY
Trees, Lookout Island, Pointe au Baril, Ontario
pencil drawing
signed, titled and dated “July 28 1971” at the lower edge
14 x 16 ins ( 35.6 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: October 17th 2018
TONI ONLEY
Still Life in a Landscape
silkscreen
signed, titled and numbered 11/20 in the margin
11.25 x 15 ins ( 28.6 x 38.1 cms ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $183.00
Sale date: June 23rd 2020
TONI ONLEY
Mythical Landscape
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 3/20 in the lower margin
11.25 x 15 ins ( 28.6 x 38.1 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $173.00
Sale date: September 20th 2017
TONI ONLEY
Rocks, Lookout Island, Pointe au Baril, Ontario
pencil drawing
signed, titled, and dated “July 28, 1971” at the lower edge
5.5 x 8 ins ( 14 x 20.3 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: September 12th 2018
T. Onley Biography
(1928 - 2004) ARCA
Widely known for his distinctive landscapes, British Columbia artist Toni Onley was born in 1928 on the Isle of Man and was educated in England and Mexico. He made his first trip to the Arctic in 1974 and later published “Onley's Arctic: Diaries and Paintings of the High Arctic”. His work has been the subject of a critical study by Roger Boulet entitled “Toni Onley, A Silent Thunder”. A recipient of the Order of Canada, Onley published Toni Onley's “British Columbia: A Tribute”(Raincoast, 1999) and an autobiography, “Flying Colours: The Toni Onley Story” (Harbour Publishing, 2003), as told to Gregory Strong, which recounts his victory as a 'Rolls-Royce rebel' who fought against Revenue Canada on a personal taxation issue, threatening to burn his paintings.
Onley died on February 29, 2004 in a single-plane accident when he crashed his plane into the Fraser River while presumably practicing landings and take-offs.
