Past Auction Highlights

Artwork by Marcelle Ferron, Sans titre
MARCELLE FERRON
Sans titre

oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed on the stretcher
7.5 x 9.5 in ( 19.1 x 24.1 cm )

Auction Estimate: $40,000.00$30,000.00 - $40,000.00
Price Realized $22,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2024

Artwork by Frederick Horsman Varley, Jess (1950)
FREDERICK HORSMAN VARLEY
Jess (1950)

oil on canvas
signed upper right (vertically), with artist’s thumb-print beneath; Varley Inventory No. 450 (twice) on the reverse
22 x 16 ins ( 55.9 x 40.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $80,000.00$60,000.00 - $80,000.00
Price Realized $60,000.00
Sale date: December 6th 2023

Artwork by David Brown Milne, Twigs in Winter, 1937
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Twigs in Winter, 1937

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1937 upper right; catalogue raisonné no. 305.6
12.25 x 14.5 in ( 31.1 x 36.8 cm )

Auction Estimate: $50,000.00$30,000.00 - $50,000.00
Price Realized $31,200.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024

Artwork by Cornelius Krieghoff, Skinner’s Cave and Owl’s Head Mountain, Lake Memphremagog
CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF
Skinner’s Cave and Owl’s Head Mountain, Lake Memphremagog

oil on canvas
signed and inscribed “Quebec 1861” lower right; inscribed “Note on the original canvas: Skinners Cave, Owls Head Mtn. 2800 ft., Lake Memfremagog, Can., Orford M. in distance” on the reverse
13.25 x 18.25 ins ( 33.7 x 46.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $60,000.00$40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Price Realized $47,200.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020

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Artwork by William Kurelek, Judas in Hell
WILLIAM KURELEK
Judas in Hell

mixed media on paper
dated 1961 on the Isaac’s Gallery label verso; titled on a remnant of the original framing (attached verso)
19.25 x 19 ins ( 48.9 x 48.3 cms ) ( subject )

Auction Estimate: $20,000.00$15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $24,780.00
Sale date: November 20th 2018

Artwork by Arthur Lismer, Percé
ARTHUR LISMER
Percé

oil on panel
signed lower left; Arthur Lismer Estate Stamp on the reverse
9 x 12 in ( 22.9 x 30.5 cm )

Auction Estimate: $50,000.00$30,000.00 - $50,000.00
Price Realized $21,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2024

Artwork by Léon Bellefleur, Chant de mai
LÉON BELLEFLEUR
Chant de mai

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1975 lower left; signed, titled and dated 1975 on the reverse
51.5 x 77 ins ( 130.8 x 195.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $35,000.00$25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $33,040.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020

Artwork by Franklin Carmichael, Bracken, Lansing
FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL
Bracken, Lansing

oil on panel
signed and dated 1923 lower right; signed, titled and the Estate stamp on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $80,000.00$60,000.00 - $80,000.00
Price Realized $69,000.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2016

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