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Artwork by Maud Lewis, Covered Bridge in Winter
MAUD LEWIS
Covered Bridge in Winter

oil on board
signed lower right
10.75 x 13.75 ins ( 27.3 x 34.9 cms )

Auction Estimate: $15,000.00$12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $43,200.00
Sale date: December 14th 2021

Artwork by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, Sledding
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Sledding

watercolour
signed and dated 1879 lower left
5.75 x 9.5 ins ( 14.6 x 24.1 cms )

Auction Estimate: $6,000.00$4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $20,400.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022

Artwork by Frederick Horsman Varley, Snow in the Mountains, Garibaldi Park
FREDERICK HORSMAN VARLEY
Snow in the Mountains, Garibaldi Park

oil on panel
signed lower left; inscribed “Varley $60” and Varley Inventory No. 1293 on the reverse
12 x 15 ins ( 30.5 x 38.1 cms )

Auction Estimate: $60,000.00$40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Price Realized $144,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022

Artwork by Kim Dorland, Lost Mother #3 (2014)
KIM DORLAND
Lost Mother #3 (2014)


oil and acrylic spray paint over linen over board
signed and titled on the right edge on the reverse
60 x 48 ins ( 152.4 x 121.9 cms )

Auction Estimate: $30,000.00$20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $26,400.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022

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Artwork by William Kurelek, Ukrainian Proverb
WILLIAM KURELEK
Ukrainian Proverb

mixed media on board
signed with initials lower right, inscribed “He who chases two rabbits at the same time catches neither” in Ukrainian and English; dated 1974 and titled (twice) on the reverse
10 x 4.5 ins ( 25.4 x 11.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $20,000.00$15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $41,400.00
Sale date: November 28th 2014

Artwork by William Scott, XIV/L
WILLIAM SCOTT
XIV/L

gouache
signed and dated 1974 upper right; numbered on the reverse; sold together with the lot is the signed and numbered corresponding copy of “William Scott: drawings”, edited by Lou Klepac, David Anderson, New York, 1975, in which the gouache was issued
8.27 x 10.24 ins ( 21 x 26 cms )

Auction Estimate: $16,000.00$12,000.00 - $16,000.00
Price Realized $24,000.00
Sale date: June 24th 2021

Artwork by Alexander Young Jackson, Birches in Spring (River)
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Birches in Spring (River)

double-sided oil on board
signed lower right; faintly signed, indistinctly titled (”River”) and dated 1959 on an oil sketch depicting a shoreline landscape on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $22,000.00$18,000.00 - $22,000.00
Price Realized $20,060.00
Sale date: June 2nd 2020

Artwork by James Edward Hervey MacDonald, Tracks and Traffic
JAMES EDWARD HERVEY MACDONALD
Tracks and Traffic

oil on board
signed and dated 1912 lower right
7.5 x 10.5 ins ( 19.1 x 26.7 cms )

Auction Estimate: $250,000.00$200,000.00 - $250,000.00
Price Realized $230,000.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2016

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